Sartell vs Waite Park

A side-by-side comparison of Sartell and Waite Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Sartell and Waite Park 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 8,341 in Waite Park). Sartell has the higher median household income ($77,465 vs $56,884 in Waite Park). Sartell has the higher median home value ($278,000 vs $217,000 in Waite Park).

Population, income & housing

	Sartell	Waite Park
Population	19,620	8,341
Median age	33.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,465	$56,884
Median home value	$278,000	$217,000
Median gross rent	$1,197	$1,072
Housing units	7,676	3,712
Homeownership rate	60.3%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sartell	Waite Park
Population	18,005 → 19,620 (+9.0%)	7,692 → 8,341 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$74,169 → $77,465 (+4.4%)	$41,200 → $56,884 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$201,500 → $278,000 (+38.0%)	$151,700 → $217,000 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,197 (+23.8%)	$844 → $1,072 (+27.0%)

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

Waite Park

Population

7,6928,341

Median household income

$41,200$56,884

Median home value

$151,700$217,000

Median gross rent

$844$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sartell	Waite Park
Under 5	7.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	23.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.3%
75 and over	6.2%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sartell	Waite Park
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	51.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	34.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sartell	Waite Park
No high school diploma	5.2%	15.9%
High school graduate	17.1%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sartell	Waite Park
Drove alone	82.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.3%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	9.6%	4.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sartell	Waite Park
1-unit, detached	56.7%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	5.7%
20 or more units	28.3%	35.4%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Sartell	Waite Park
Poverty rate	8.1%	24.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	2000	1991