Stewartville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 6,801 people and two associated neighborhoods, Stewartville is the 129th largest community in Minnesota. Stewartville has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Stewartville, where the median household income is $92,961.00.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.27% 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.

Being a small city, Stewartville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Stewartville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.35% of adults in Stewartville have a college degree.

The per capita income in Stewartville in 2018 was $38,893, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $155,572 for a family of four. However, Stewartville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Stewartville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stewartville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Stewartville include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Stewartville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.