North St. Paul vs Vadnais Heights

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

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

Vadnais Heights has the higher population (12,789 vs 12,511 in North St. Paul). Vadnais Heights has the higher median household income ($91,946 vs $81,641 in North St. Paul). Vadnais Heights has the higher median home value ($334,500 vs $286,600 in North St. Paul).

Population, income & housing

	North St. Paul	Vadnais Heights
Population	12,511	12,789
Median age	33.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,641	$91,946
Median home value	$286,600	$334,500
Median gross rent	$1,304	$1,342
Housing units	4,807	5,658
Homeownership rate	66.6%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North St. Paul	Vadnais Heights
Population	12,406 → 12,511 (+0.8%)	13,444 → 12,789 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$64,722 → $81,641 (+26.1%)	$77,413 → $91,946 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$206,100 → $286,600 (+39.1%)	$242,500 → $334,500 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,304 (+32.0%)	$1,104 → $1,342 (+21.6%)

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

Vadnais Heights

Population

13,44412,789

Median household income

$77,413$91,946

Median home value

$242,500$334,500

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North St. Paul	Vadnais Heights
Under 5	8.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	17.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.6%
75 and over	4.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North St. Paul	Vadnais Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	58.5%	72.9%
Black or African American	6.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	21.8%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North St. Paul	Vadnais Heights
No high school diploma	8.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	28.5%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North St. Paul	Vadnais Heights
Drove alone	76.2%	73.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	6.1%
Public transit	2.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.2%	18.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North St. Paul	Vadnais Heights
1-unit, detached	68.1%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	24.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	6.0%
20 or more units	10.6%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	North St. Paul	Vadnais Heights
Poverty rate	13.1%	5.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1973	1985