St. Peter is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in St. Peter enrolled in college, St. Peter has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of St. Peter spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.60 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
The education level of St. Peter citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.42% of adults in St. Peter have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in St. Peter in 2018 was $30,923, which is lower middle income relative to Minnesota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,692 for a family of four. However, St. Peter contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
St. Peter is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call St. Peter home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Peter residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Peter include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and English.
The most common language spoken in St. Peter is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
