Little Canada vs North St. Paul

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

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

North St. Paul has the higher population (12,511 vs 10,546 in Little Canada). North St. Paul has the higher median household income ($81,641 vs $71,370 in Little Canada). Little Canada has the higher median home value ($302,600 vs $286,600 in North St. Paul).

Population, income & housing

	Little Canada	North St. Paul
Population	10,546	12,511
Median age	40.8 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,370	$81,641
Median home value	$302,600	$286,600
Median gross rent	$1,350	$1,304
Housing units	4,969	4,807
Homeownership rate	67.3%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Canada	North St. Paul
Population	10,451 → 10,546 (+0.9%)	12,406 → 12,511 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$52,842 → $71,370 (+35.1%)	$64,722 → $81,641 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$242,500 → $302,600 (+24.8%)	$206,100 → $286,600 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,350 (+34.7%)	$988 → $1,304 (+32.0%)

Little Canada

Population

10,45110,546

Median household income

$52,842$71,370

Median home value

$242,500$302,600

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,350

North St. Paul

Population

12,40612,511

Median household income

$64,722$81,641

Median home value

$206,100$286,600

Median gross rent

$988$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Canada	North St. Paul
Under 5	6.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.5%
75 and over	6.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Canada	North St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	58.5%
Black or African American	8.2%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	13.6%	21.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Canada	North St. Paul
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	17.2%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Canada	North St. Paul
Drove alone	72.1%	76.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.1%
Public transit	1.9%	2.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.1%	11.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Canada	North St. Paul
1-unit, detached	36.9%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	10.9%
20 or more units	44.7%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Little Canada	North St. Paul
Poverty rate	10.1%	13.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1979	1973