Stillwater vs Woodbury

A side-by-side comparison of Stillwater and Woodbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Stillwater and Woodbury are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Woodbury has the higher population (76,945 vs 19,323 in Stillwater). Woodbury has the higher median household income ($126,222 vs $109,297 in Stillwater). Woodbury has the higher median home value ($434,900 vs $398,100 in Stillwater).

Population, income & housing

	Stillwater	Woodbury
Population	19,323	76,945
Median age	42.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$109,297	$126,222
Median home value	$398,100	$434,900
Median gross rent	$1,408	$1,827
Housing units	8,446	29,147
Homeownership rate	75.5%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.9%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stillwater	Woodbury
Population	19,341 → 19,323 (-0.1%)	69,906 → 76,945 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$91,350 → $109,297 (+19.6%)	$108,539 → $126,222 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$291,400 → $398,100 (+36.6%)	$323,000 → $434,900 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,408 (+38.9%)	$1,525 → $1,827 (+19.8%)

Stillwater

Population

19,34119,323

Median household income

$91,350$109,297

Median home value

$291,400$398,100

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,408

Woodbury

Population

69,90676,945

Median household income

$108,539$126,222

Median home value

$323,000$434,900

Median gross rent

$1,525$1,827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stillwater	Woodbury
Under 5	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.3%
75 and over	8.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stillwater	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	71.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stillwater	Woodbury
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	17.4%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	40.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stillwater	Woodbury
Drove alone	69.9%	64.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.7%	1.2%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.7%	24.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stillwater	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	64.0%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	25.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	11.0%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Stillwater	Woodbury
Poverty rate	7.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1982	1997