St. Paul vs White Bear Lake

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

St. Paul 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.

St. Paul has the higher population (307,762 vs 24,026 in White Bear Lake). White Bear Lake has the higher median household income ($79,712 vs $73,055 in St. Paul). White Bear Lake has the higher median home value ($318,000 vs $280,300 in St. Paul).

Population, income & housing

	St. Paul	White Bear Lake
Population	307,762	24,026
Median age	33.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,055	$79,712
Median home value	$280,300	$318,000
Median gross rent	$1,248	$1,540
Housing units	131,376	10,937
Homeownership rate	53.2%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Paul	White Bear Lake
Population	304,547 → 307,762 (+1.1%)	25,673 → 24,026 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$57,876 → $73,055 (+26.2%)	$71,709 → $79,712 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$208,000 → $280,300 (+34.8%)	$226,000 → $318,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,248 (+28.9%)	$1,134 → $1,540 (+35.8%)

St. Paul

Population

304,547307,762

Median household income

$57,876$73,055

Median home value

$208,000$280,300

Median gross rent

$968$1,248

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)

	St. Paul	White Bear Lake
Under 5	6.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	18.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.8%
75 and over	4.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Paul	White Bear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	81.7%
Black or African American	16.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	17.8%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Paul	White Bear Lake
No high school diploma	11.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	20.8%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Paul	White Bear Lake
Drove alone	59.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.8%
Public transit	6.5%	0.7%
Walked	3.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.3%	18.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Paul	White Bear Lake
1-unit, detached	48.9%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	5.8%
20 or more units	24.8%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	St. Paul	White Bear Lake
Poverty rate	15.7%	7.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1952	1970