Sartell vs Sauk Centre

A side-by-side comparison of Sartell and Sauk Centre: population, income, housing, and more.

Sartell and Sauk Centre are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sartell has the higher population (19,620 vs 4,589 in Sauk Centre). Sartell has the higher median household income ($77,465 vs $65,763 in Sauk Centre). Sartell has the higher median home value ($278,000 vs $196,000 in Sauk Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Sartell	Sauk Centre
Population	19,620	4,589
Median age	33.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,465	$65,763
Median home value	$278,000	$196,000
Median gross rent	$1,197	$778
Housing units	7,676	2,193
Homeownership rate	60.3%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sartell	Sauk Centre
Population	18,005 → 19,620 (+9.0%)	4,426 → 4,589 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$74,169 → $77,465 (+4.4%)	$57,851 → $65,763 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$201,500 → $278,000 (+38.0%)	$144,200 → $196,000 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,197 (+23.8%)	$642 → $778 (+21.2%)

Sartell

Population

18,00519,620

Median household income

$74,169$77,465

Median home value

$201,500$278,000

Median gross rent

$967$1,197

Sauk Centre

Population

4,4264,589

Median household income

$57,851$65,763

Median home value

$144,200$196,000

Median gross rent

$642$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sartell	Sauk Centre
Under 5	7.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	12.9%
75 and over	6.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sartell	Sauk Centre
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	89.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sartell	Sauk Centre
No high school diploma	5.2%	8.0%
High school graduate	17.1%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sartell	Sauk Centre
Drove alone	82.2%	74.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.3%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sartell	Sauk Centre
1-unit, detached	56.7%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	9.3%
20 or more units	28.3%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sartell	Sauk Centre
Poverty rate	8.1%	15.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	2000	1965