Spring Lake Park vs St. Francis

A side-by-side comparison of Spring Lake Park and St. Francis: population, income, housing, and more.

Spring Lake Park and St. Francis are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Francis has the higher population (8,279 vs 6,997 in Spring Lake Park). St. Francis has the higher median household income ($101,875 vs $77,112 in Spring Lake Park). St. Francis has the higher median home value ($297,800 vs $281,800 in Spring Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Lake Park	St. Francis
Population	6,997	8,279
Median age	39.6 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,112	$101,875
Median home value	$281,800	$297,800
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,183
Housing units	2,656	2,893
Homeownership rate	71.3%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Lake Park	St. Francis
Population	6,535 → 6,997 (+7.1%)	7,652 → 8,279 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$62,477 → $77,112 (+23.4%)	$85,219 → $101,875 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$190,400 → $281,800 (+48.0%)	$214,500 → $297,800 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,061 → $1,375 (+29.6%)	$1,084 → $1,183 (+9.1%)

Spring Lake Park

Population

6,5356,997

Median household income

$62,477$77,112

Median home value

$190,400$281,800

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,375

St. Francis

Population

7,6528,279

Median household income

$85,219$101,875

Median home value

$214,500$297,800

Median gross rent

$1,084$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Lake Park	St. Francis
Under 5	3.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	21.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	16.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	4.6%
75 and over	9.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Lake Park	St. Francis
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	88.6%
Black or African American	8.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	10.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Lake Park	St. Francis
No high school diploma	7.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Lake Park	St. Francis
Drove alone	68.9%	78.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	10.9%
Public transit	2.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	9.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Lake Park	St. Francis
1-unit, detached	64.4%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.2%
20 or more units	17.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Spring Lake Park	St. Francis
Poverty rate	14.3%	7.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1973	1999