Erie vs St. Paul

A side-by-side comparison of Erie and St. Paul: population, income, housing, and more.

Erie and St. Paul are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Erie has the higher population (1,318 vs 665 in St. Paul). Erie has the higher median household income ($39,688 vs $37,344 in St. Paul). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $89,600 in Erie).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	St. Paul
Population	1,318	665
Median age	41.1 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,688	$37,344
Median home value	$89,600	$92,100
Median gross rent	$548	$681
Housing units	662	295
Homeownership rate	74.7%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	St. Paul
Population	1,444 → 1,318 (-8.7%)	575 → 665 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$51,204 → $39,688 (-22.5%)	$50,417 → $37,344 (-25.9%)
Median home value	$65,600 → $89,600 (+36.6%)	$91,000 → $92,100 (+1.2%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $548 (-19.6%)	$566 → $681 (+20.3%)

Erie

Population

1,4441,318

Median household income

$51,204$39,688

Median home value

$65,600$89,600

Median gross rent

$682$548

St. Paul

Population

575665

Median household income

$50,417$37,344

Median home value

$91,000$92,100

Median gross rent

$566$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie	St. Paul
Under 5	10.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	5.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	6.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.8%
75 and over	9.6%	24.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	8.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	St. Paul
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	29.9%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	St. Paul
Drove alone	79.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.6%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	13.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	81.3%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Erie	St. Paul
Poverty rate	18.1%	7.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1969	1979