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Minneapolis vs St. Paul

Minneapolis, MN compared with St. Paul, MN · 8 miles apart

Minneapolis has 430,324 residents to St. Paul’s 306,684. Minneapolis comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +. St. Paul does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.

Minneapolis, MN St. Paul, MN
Population 430,324 306,684
Density (per sq mi) 7,969 5,900
Median household income $80,846 $73,394
Median home value $362,200 $294,500
Median rent $1,371 $1,281
Homeownership 47.7% 52.9%
Average commute 22 min 21.1 min
Median age 33.4 33.7
Bachelor's degree + 55.5% 43.8%
Poverty rate 16% 15.6%
Unemployment 5.9% 5.4%
Price to income 4.5×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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