Sartell vs St. Cloud

A side-by-side comparison of Sartell and St. Cloud: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Cloud has the higher population (69,926 vs 19,620 in Sartell). Sartell has the higher median household income ($77,465 vs $61,112 in St. Cloud). Sartell has the higher median home value ($278,000 vs $212,800 in St. Cloud).

Population, income & housing

	Sartell	St. Cloud
Population	19,620	69,926
Median age	33.6 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,465	$61,112
Median home value	$278,000	$212,800
Median gross rent	$1,197	$1,005
Housing units	7,676	29,575
Homeownership rate	60.3%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sartell	St. Cloud
Population	18,005 → 19,620 (+9.0%)	68,001 → 69,926 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$74,169 → $77,465 (+4.4%)	$49,135 → $61,112 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$201,500 → $278,000 (+38.0%)	$155,500 → $212,800 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,197 (+23.8%)	$802 → $1,005 (+25.3%)

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

St. Cloud

Population

68,00169,926

Median household income

$49,135$61,112

Median home value

$155,500$212,800

Median gross rent

$802$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sartell	St. Cloud
Under 5	7.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	23.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	18.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.4%
75 and over	6.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sartell	St. Cloud
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	67.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	17.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.4%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sartell	St. Cloud
No high school diploma	5.2%	9.3%
High school graduate	17.1%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sartell	St. Cloud
Drove alone	82.2%	72.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.3%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sartell	St. Cloud
1-unit, detached	56.7%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	12.4%
20 or more units	28.3%	25.1%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Sartell	St. Cloud
Poverty rate	8.1%	18.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	2000	1980