Roseville vs White Bear Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Roseville and White Bear Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Roseville and White Bear Lake are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Roseville has the higher population (35,905 vs 24,026 in White Bear Lake). Roseville has the higher median household income ($88,440 vs $79,712 in White Bear Lake). Roseville has the higher median home value ($334,800 vs $318,000 in White Bear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Roseville	White Bear Lake
Population	35,905	24,026
Median age	41.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,440	$79,712
Median home value	$334,800	$318,000
Median gross rent	$1,346	$1,540
Housing units	16,589	10,937
Homeownership rate	67.7%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roseville	White Bear Lake
Population	36,026 → 35,905 (-0.3%)	25,673 → 24,026 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$71,180 → $88,440 (+24.2%)	$71,709 → $79,712 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$254,200 → $334,800 (+31.7%)	$226,000 → $318,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,050 → $1,346 (+28.2%)	$1,134 → $1,540 (+35.8%)

Roseville

Population

36,02635,905

Median household income

$71,180$88,440

Median home value

$254,200$334,800

Median gross rent

$1,050$1,346

White Bear Lake

Population

25,67324,026

Median household income

$71,709$79,712

Median home value

$226,000$318,000

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roseville	White Bear Lake
Under 5	5.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.8%
75 and over	11.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roseville	White Bear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	81.7%
Black or African American	8.4%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roseville	White Bear Lake
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	19.3%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roseville	White Bear Lake
Drove alone	66.6%	72.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.8%
Public transit	1.5%	0.7%
Walked	2.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.0%	18.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roseville	White Bear Lake
1-unit, detached	54.8%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	5.8%
20 or more units	28.0%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Roseville	White Bear Lake
Poverty rate	7.2%	7.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1968	1970