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West St. Paul, MN
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West St. Paul profile


Living in West St. Paul



West St. Paul is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 21,794 people and five constituent neighborhoods, West St. Paul is the 58th largest community in Minnesota.

Also of interest is that West St. Paul has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.73% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, West St. Paul is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the West St. Paul area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

The education level of West St. Paul citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.36% of adults in West St. Paul have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in West St. Paul in 2018 was $36,305, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $145,220 for a family of four. However, West St. Paul contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

West St. Paul is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West St. Paul home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West St. Paul residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. West St. Paul also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West St. Paul include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in West St. Paul is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.