Karlstad vs St. Vincent

A side-by-side comparison of Karlstad and St. Vincent: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Karlstad has the higher population (622 vs 47 in St. Vincent). Karlstad has the higher median household income ($61,324 vs $49,167 in St. Vincent). Karlstad has the higher median home value ($120,300 vs $65,000 in St. Vincent).

Population, income & housing

	Karlstad	St. Vincent
Population	622	47
Median age	49.7 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,324	$49,167
Median home value	$120,300	$65,000
Median gross rent	$650	—
Housing units	350	31
Homeownership rate	69.6%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karlstad	St. Vincent
Population	795 → 622 (-21.8%)	36 → 47 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $61,324 (+28.0%)	$46,250 → $49,167 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $120,300 (+48.0%)	$50,800 → $65,000 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $650 (+16.5%)	—

Karlstad

Population

795622

Median household income

$47,917$61,324

Median home value

$81,300$120,300

Median gross rent

$558$650

St. Vincent

Population

3647

Median household income

$46,250$49,167

Median home value

$50,800$65,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karlstad	St. Vincent
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	2.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	4.3%
45 to 54	16.2%	19.1%
55 to 64	7.9%	46.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	2.1%
75 and over	16.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karlstad	St. Vincent
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karlstad	St. Vincent
No high school diploma	1.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	40.8%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karlstad	St. Vincent
Drove alone	65.6%	69.0%
Carpooled	15.6%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	17.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karlstad	St. Vincent
1-unit, detached	68.6%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Karlstad	St. Vincent
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.07	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	13
Median year structure built	1966	1946