Woodbury is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 46,464 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Woodbury is the 16th largest community in Minnesota.

Woodbury is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.79% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Woodbury is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodbury who work in management occupations (15.85%), office and administrative support jobs (14.30%), and sales jobs (12.16%).

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

In addition, Woodbury is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Woodbury is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Woodbury really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Woodbury perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

"If you live in Woodbury, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Woodbury residents do (97.3%). Woodbury is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Even though Woodbury is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Woodbury Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Woodbury, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Woodbury is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 49.29% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Woodbury in 2000 was $32,606, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,424 for a family of four. However, Woodbury contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Woodbury home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Woodbury is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Woodbury include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Woodbury is English.