Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
St. Louis Park's standout: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 98% of the country. Overall it grades B, 180th among Minnesota's 271 graded towns. The median household earns $102K and it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is safety: it reports more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, including 61 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. 64% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in St. Louis Park, above both the Minnesota town median (33%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Only 28 of Minnesota’s 575 towns score higher on hazard risk. St. Louis Park is home to Herzing University-Minneapolis.
Where St. Louis Park beats most towns.
Where St. Louis Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far St. Louis Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Peavey-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 499 in 1890, 50,010 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 6 maps from 1896 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around St. Louis Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
5 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
7 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
3 mi LakeBde Maka Ska
13 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
9 mi Theme parkNickelodeon UniverseU.S. Bank Stadium: Darb02, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Target Field: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Huntington Bank Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bde Maka Ska: Tyler Vigen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grand Casino Arena: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nickelodeon Universe: Tyler Vigen, CC BY 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Louis Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in St. Louis Park.
St. Louis Park draws workers from Minneapolis and beyond and has cooler summers than most of the country, though not than most of Minnesota; it also reports property crime at about twice the Minnesota rate.
The biggest place to walk is Westwood Hills Park, 138 acres with 2.5 miles of trail. Trails total 12 miles in 53 parks and preserves. St. Louis Park’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Westwood Hills Park | 2.5 mi | 138 |
| 2. Northside Park | 0.5 mi | 8 |
| 3. Wolfe Park | 0.4 mi | 32 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the St. Louis Park Public School District. Below: Three of its 26 schools, each with why it was picked. 5 public schools serve St. Louis Park, with 2,058 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST. Louis Park Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 965 | B− |
| ST. Louis Park Senior HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,397 | A− |
| Park Spanish Immersion ElementaryTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 533 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Minnesota is diabetes: 6.1% of its 41,566 adults have diabetes, against 10.1% statewide.
Of the 271 Minnesota towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who have diabetes than St. Louis Park. St. Louis Park: just over one in ten adults say their health is fair or poor. Against the Minnesota average, St. Louis Park comes out ahead on 21 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 3.
| St. Louis Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 12% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 6.1% | 10% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | St. Louis Park | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 6.1% | 10.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.5% | 8.9% |
| More binge drinkers | 20.9% | 17.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
40,224 jobs are based in St. Louis Park, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 28.1% of workers work from home, against 17.6% across Minnesota.
Among workers in St. Louis Park, 28% work remotely from home. For most workers, St. Louis Park is a place to come home to: only 11% work in town. The mean commuting time for St. Louis Park comes to 20 minutes. Since 2013, St. Louis Park has added 5,927 jobs, to 40,224 in 2023.
| St. Louis Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 28% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 7.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Property crime runs at 30.4 per 1,000 residents, about twice the Minnesota rate, most of it theft. Reported crimes fell from 1,663 to 1,579 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
For St. Louis Park, the property offense rate is 30.4 per 1,000 residents. The level of violent crime locally is 1.2 per 1,000 residents.
| St. Louis Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 30.4 per 1,000 residents | 8.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.2 per 1,000 residents | 1.1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected losses in St. Louis Park break down as 33% from inland flooding and 25% from cold waves. For St. Louis Park, the FEMA risk score is 18 of 100.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons average 82.3°: cooler than most of the country, but hotter than 85% of Minnesota places with climate records; January nights average 6.7°.
About 54 inches of snow falls in a winter. St. Louis Park’s January low stands at 7°F.
| St. Louis Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 7°F | 6°F | 22°F |
| July high | 82°F | 82°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In St. Louis Park, the midpoint rent is $1,644 a month. For households locally, the share who live in a home they own is 58%. Bidding over the asking price: 48% of homes sold here.
| St. Louis Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,644 a month | $1,192 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 40% | 48% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
28 within 15 miles of the center of St. Louis Park
About 5 of every 100 St. Louis Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Minnesota.
45,250 counted in 2010 and 50,010 in 2020; an estimated 50,027 in 2025.
Growth has leveled off: within 1% of 2020, after 10.5% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
10 notable people were born in St. Louis Park.
City in Minnesota, United States
St. Louis Park is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 50,010 at the 2020 census. It is a first-ring suburb immediately west of Minneapolis. Other adjacent cities include Edina, Golden Valley, Minnetonka, Plymouth, and Hopkins.
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5 towns share a border with St. Louis Park.
Edina next door grades higher for schools (A+ to St. Louis Park’s B) and lower for cost of living (D to C).
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Park | #180 | B | C | C− | B | A+ |
| Hopkins | #198 | B | C− | C+ | B | A |
| Minnetonka | #75 | A | C− | B− | A | A+ |
| Edina | #79 | A | D | B− | A+ | A+ |
| Golden Valley | #155 | B+ | C− | B+ | C+ | A+ |
| Minneapolis | #262 | C | C | D− | C | A− |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. It grades A+ for health, C− for safety and B for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 3.8 years of the area's median household income ($99,833 across the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
10 notable people were born here, including Mike Muscala and Peggy Flanagan.
