Mounds View vs North St. Paul

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

Mounds View 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.

Mounds View has the higher population (12,992 vs 12,511 in North St. Paul). Mounds View has the higher median household income ($90,148 vs $81,641 in North St. Paul). Mounds View has the higher median home value ($294,500 vs $286,600 in North St. Paul).

Population, income & housing

	Mounds View	North St. Paul
Population	12,992	12,511
Median age	37.5 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,148	$81,641
Median home value	$294,500	$286,600
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,304
Housing units	5,417	4,807
Homeownership rate	69.3%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mounds View	North St. Paul
Population	13,094 → 12,992 (-0.8%)	12,406 → 12,511 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$67,402 → $90,148 (+33.7%)	$64,722 → $81,641 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$206,700 → $294,500 (+42.5%)	$206,100 → $286,600 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,216 (+31.0%)	$988 → $1,304 (+32.0%)

Mounds View

Population

13,09412,992

Median household income

$67,402$90,148

Median home value

$206,700$294,500

Median gross rent

$928$1,216

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)

	Mounds View	North St. Paul
Under 5	8.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	17.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.5%
75 and over	8.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mounds View	North St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	58.5%
Black or African American	6.2%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	11.2%	21.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.3%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mounds View	North St. Paul
No high school diploma	6.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	24.9%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mounds View	North St. Paul
Drove alone	71.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.1%
Public transit	2.5%	2.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	11.2%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mounds View	North St. Paul
1-unit, detached	54.9%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	10.9%
20 or more units	15.6%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Mounds View	North St. Paul
Poverty rate	12.5%	13.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1976	1973