St. Cloud vs St. Joseph

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

St. Cloud and St. Joseph 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 7,024 in St. Joseph). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($75,217 vs $61,112 in St. Cloud). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($240,300 vs $212,800 in St. Cloud).

Population, income & housing

	St. Cloud	St. Joseph
Population	69,926	7,024
Median age	31.0 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,112	$75,217
Median home value	$212,800	$240,300
Median gross rent	$1,005	$1,139
Housing units	29,575	2,291
Homeownership rate	48.6%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Cloud	St. Joseph
Population	68,001 → 69,926 (+2.8%)	7,030 → 7,024 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$49,135 → $61,112 (+24.4%)	$57,821 → $75,217 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$155,500 → $212,800 (+36.8%)	$170,200 → $240,300 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$802 → $1,005 (+25.3%)	$777 → $1,139 (+46.6%)

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

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)

	St. Cloud	St. Joseph
Under 5	6.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	18.9%	33.6%
25 to 34	15.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	4.9%
75 and over	5.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Cloud	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	77.0%
Black or African American	17.3%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Cloud	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	9.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	26.4%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Cloud	St. Joseph
Drove alone	72.8%	70.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.9%
Public transit	2.5%	2.5%
Walked	5.4%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.7%	3.5%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Cloud	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	50.9%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	8.4%
20 or more units	25.1%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	St. Cloud	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	18.5%	21.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1980	1993