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A town of 5,396, settled in 1888. Public schools that outperform most of Minnesota.
St. Paul Park's standout: the median household earns $101K. Overall it grades A, 77th of 271 graded towns in Minnesota. Its schools outperform 79% of the state's and natural-hazard risk is low. Among 256 Minnesota towns, just 9 have a higher typical rent than St. Paul Park. The biggest park or preserve is Lions' Levee Park, at 22 acres.
Where St. Paul Park beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion | K–5 | 561 |
| Pullman Elementary | PK–5 | 420 |
| Hope Christian Academy | PK–12 | 53 |
| Widest gap | St. Paul Park | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.5% | 8.5% |
Where St. Paul 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. Paul Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,173 in 1890, 5,544 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1938 and 5 maps from 1946 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around St. Paul Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
15 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
10 mi LandmarkFort Snelling
12 mi Theme parkNickelodeon UniverseU.S. Bank Stadium: Darb02, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grand Casino Arena: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Huntington Bank Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Target Field: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Snelling: en:User:The Statue With The Dictionary, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nickelodeon Universe: Tyler Vigen, CC BY 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Paul 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. Paul Park.
St. Paul Park pairs an A overall with homes cheaper than the Minnesota norm, has cooler summers than most of the country, though not than most of Minnesota and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Minnesota.
The public schools here belong to the South Washington County Schools. Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. Public school enrollment in St. Paul Park: 981 students across 2 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuevas Fronteras Spanish ImmersionLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 561 | B− |
| Hope Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 53 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
Just 4% of St. Paul Park’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs based in St. Paul Park grew to 1,304 in 2023, 237 more than in 2013. In St. Paul Park, the typical journey to work is 21 minutes. The top destinations are St. Paul (15%), Cottage Grove (10%) and Minneapolis (8%).
| St. Paul Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 7.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 9.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within Minnesota it is less healthy than 51% of the 271 graded towns: Minnesota sets a high bar.
The share of adults in St. Paul Park who sleep under 7 hours: 28%. In St. Paul Park, 29% of adults have high blood pressure, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 31% and U.S. towns at 35%.
| St. Paul Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 75% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | St. Paul Park | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.5% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The FEMA hazard score in St. Paul Park is 26 of 100. Flood insurance has paid out on 6 claims in the town since 1997. Expected losses in St. Paul Park break down as 34% from inland flooding and 26% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons average 82.4°: cooler than most of the country, but hotter than 88% of Minnesota places with climate records; January nights average 7°.
About 51 inches of snow falls in a winter. St. Paul Park’s midsummer high stands at 82°F, close to Minnesota’s towns (82°F) and below U.S. towns (85°F).
| St. Paul 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
For St. Paul Park, the property offense rate is 5.6 per 1,000 residents. Its violent crime rate comes in at 1.5 per 1,000 residents.
| St. Paul Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.6 per 1,000 residents | 8.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.5 per 1,000 residents | 1.1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
St. Paul Park grades A overall with a typical home of about $316K, below the Minnesota typical value; only 39 of the 123 Minnesota towns graded A− or better can say that.
Typical home values rose 2.2% in the year to September 2026. Homes sold in St. Paul Park spent a median 14 days on the market. 50% of the homes sold in St. Paul Park went for more than their asking price.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Across 8 parks and preserves: 0.6 miles of trail. St. Paul Park’s density of trails stands at 0.2 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves in the town: 8, covering 76 acres.
| St. Paul Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.2% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Abdella Memorial Park | 0.4 mi | 6 |
| 2. Lions' Levee Park | — | 22 |
| 3. Riverside Park | — | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
15 within 15 miles of the center of St. Paul Park
About 8 of every 100 St. Paul Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
City in Minnesota, United States
St. Paul Park or Saint Paul Park is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,544 at the 2020 census. It is on the east bank of the Mississippi River, five miles (8 km) downstream from St. Paul.
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4 towns share a border with St. Paul Park.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul Park | #77 | A | B− | B | A− | B+ |
| Grey Cloud Island Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cottage Grove | #50 | A | C | A− | A− | A |
| Newport | #185 | B | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Inver Grove Heights | #89 | A | C+ | C+ | B+ | A |
Newport reports no FBI crime data of its own. Grey Cloud Island Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare St. Paul Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. St. Paul Park grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #77 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades B+ for health, B for safety and A− for schools.
That is 3.2 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 B−.
