Sartell vs St. Joseph

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

Sartell and St. Joseph 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 7,024 in St. Joseph). Sartell has the higher median household income ($77,465 vs $75,217 in St. Joseph). Sartell has the higher median home value ($278,000 vs $240,300 in St. Joseph).

Population, income & housing

	Sartell	St. Joseph
Population	19,620	7,024
Median age	33.6 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,465	$75,217
Median home value	$278,000	$240,300
Median gross rent	$1,197	$1,139
Housing units	7,676	2,291
Homeownership rate	60.3%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sartell	St. Joseph
Population	18,005 → 19,620 (+9.0%)	7,030 → 7,024 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$74,169 → $77,465 (+4.4%)	$57,821 → $75,217 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$201,500 → $278,000 (+38.0%)	$170,200 → $240,300 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,197 (+23.8%)	$777 → $1,139 (+46.6%)

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. Joseph

Population

7,0307,024

Median household income

$57,821$75,217

Median home value

$170,200$240,300

Median gross rent

$777$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sartell	St. Joseph
Under 5	7.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	23.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	33.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	4.9%
75 and over	6.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sartell	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	77.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sartell	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.6%
High school graduate	17.1%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sartell	St. Joseph
Drove alone	82.2%	70.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.3%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.6%	3.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sartell	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	56.7%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	8.4%
20 or more units	28.3%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Sartell	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	8.1%	21.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	2000	1993