Sauk Centre vs St. Augusta

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

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

Sauk Centre has the higher population (4,589 vs 3,576 in St. Augusta). St. Augusta has the higher median household income ($116,384 vs $65,763 in Sauk Centre). St. Augusta has the higher median home value ($323,400 vs $196,000 in Sauk Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Sauk Centre	St. Augusta
Population	4,589	3,576
Median age	39.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,763	$116,384
Median home value	$196,000	$323,400
Median gross rent	$778	$1,373
Housing units	2,193	1,200
Homeownership rate	61.0%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sauk Centre	St. Augusta
Population	4,426 → 4,589 (+3.7%)	3,720 → 3,576 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$57,851 → $65,763 (+13.7%)	$85,521 → $116,384 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$144,200 → $196,000 (+35.9%)	$228,400 → $323,400 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $778 (+21.2%)	$947 → $1,373 (+45.0%)

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

St. Augusta

Population

3,7203,576

Median household income

$85,521$116,384

Median home value

$228,400$323,400

Median gross rent

$947$1,373

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sauk Centre	St. Augusta
Under 5	5.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.1%
75 and over	9.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sauk Centre	St. Augusta
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sauk Centre	St. Augusta
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	35.3%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sauk Centre	St. Augusta
Drove alone	74.5%	88.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	2.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	6.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sauk Centre	St. Augusta
1-unit, detached	66.4%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	14.5%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Sauk Centre	St. Augusta
Poverty rate	15.4%	4.2%
Average household size	2.23	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1965	2002