Oak Park Heights vs St. Paul Park

A side-by-side comparison of Oak Park Heights and St. Paul Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Oak Park Heights and St. Paul Park are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Paul Park has the higher population (5,464 vs 4,782 in Oak Park Heights). St. Paul Park has the higher median household income ($98,670 vs $84,639 in Oak Park Heights). Oak Park Heights has the higher median home value ($333,600 vs $252,800 in St. Paul Park).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Park Heights	St. Paul Park
Population	4,782	5,464
Median age	51.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,639	$98,670
Median home value	$333,600	$252,800
Median gross rent	$1,428	$2,118
Housing units	2,428	2,326
Homeownership rate	49.5%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Park Heights	St. Paul Park
Population	4,889 → 4,782 (-2.2%)	5,356 → 5,464 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$61,181 → $84,639 (+38.3%)	$79,821 → $98,670 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$245,400 → $333,600 (+35.9%)	$191,800 → $252,800 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $1,428 (-13.0%)	$1,130 → $2,118 (+87.4%)

Oak Park Heights

Population

4,8894,782

Median household income

$61,181$84,639

Median home value

$245,400$333,600

Median gross rent

$1,641$1,428

St. Paul Park

Population

5,3565,464

Median household income

$79,821$98,670

Median home value

$191,800$252,800

Median gross rent

$1,130$2,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Park Heights	St. Paul Park
Under 5	3.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.4%
75 and over	23.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Park Heights	St. Paul Park
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	76.8%
Black or African American	5.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Park Heights	St. Paul Park
No high school diploma	3.1%	7.9%
High school graduate	23.2%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Park Heights	St. Paul Park
Drove alone	79.8%	72.3%
Carpooled	3.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	14.7%	15.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Park Heights	St. Paul Park
1-unit, detached	36.8%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	42.6%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Oak Park Heights	St. Paul Park
Poverty rate	5.5%	5.4%
Average household size	1.88	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1988	1970