Rosemount vs West St. Paul

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

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

Rosemount has the higher population (26,509 vs 21,076 in West St. Paul). Rosemount has the higher median household income ($127,247 vs $70,738 in West St. Paul). Rosemount has the higher median home value ($406,100 vs $281,800 in West St. Paul).

Population, income & housing

	Rosemount	West St. Paul
Population	26,509	21,076
Median age	38.7 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$127,247	$70,738
Median home value	$406,100	$281,800
Median gross rent	$1,614	$1,195
Housing units	9,797	10,078
Homeownership rate	86.6%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosemount	West St. Paul
Population	24,292 → 26,509 (+9.1%)	19,779 → 21,076 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$104,743 → $127,247 (+21.5%)	$56,097 → $70,738 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$279,000 → $406,100 (+45.6%)	$199,400 → $281,800 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,614 (+32.5%)	$1,013 → $1,195 (+18.0%)

Rosemount

Population

24,29226,509

Median household income

$104,743$127,247

Median home value

$279,000$406,100

Median gross rent

$1,218$1,614

West St. Paul

Population

19,77921,076

Median household income

$56,097$70,738

Median home value

$199,400$281,800

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,195

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rosemount	West St. Paul
Under 5	5.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.5%
75 and over	4.8%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosemount	West St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	65.9%
Black or African American	3.6%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	20.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosemount	West St. Paul
No high school diploma	2.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	15.6%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosemount	West St. Paul
Drove alone	67.3%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.5%
Public transit	1.2%	2.3%
Walked	1.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	17.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosemount	West St. Paul
1-unit, detached	67.0%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	20.3%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	5.1%	29.4%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Rosemount	West St. Paul
Poverty rate	2.9%	9.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	2000	1969