Sauk Centre vs St. Cloud

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

Sauk Centre 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 4,589 in Sauk Centre). Sauk Centre has the higher median household income ($65,763 vs $61,112 in St. Cloud). St. Cloud has the higher median home value ($212,800 vs $196,000 in Sauk Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Sauk Centre	St. Cloud
Population	4,589	69,926
Median age	39.3 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,763	$61,112
Median home value	$196,000	$212,800
Median gross rent	$778	$1,005
Housing units	2,193	29,575
Homeownership rate	61.0%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sauk Centre	St. Cloud
Population	4,426 → 4,589 (+3.7%)	68,001 → 69,926 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$57,851 → $65,763 (+13.7%)	$49,135 → $61,112 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$144,200 → $196,000 (+35.9%)	$155,500 → $212,800 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $778 (+21.2%)	$802 → $1,005 (+25.3%)

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. 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)

	Sauk Centre	St. Cloud
Under 5	5.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	18.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	8.4%
75 and over	9.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sauk Centre	St. Cloud
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	67.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	17.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	1.1%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sauk Centre	St. Cloud
No high school diploma	8.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	35.3%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sauk Centre	St. Cloud
Drove alone	74.5%	72.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.4%	2.5%
Walked	8.3%	5.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.9%	7.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sauk Centre	St. Cloud
1-unit, detached	66.4%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	12.4%
20 or more units	14.5%	25.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Sauk Centre	St. Cloud
Poverty rate	15.4%	18.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1965	1980