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West St. Paul city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
West St. Paul city is a Census city of 21,382 people across 4.91 square miles of land, in Dakota County. Median household income is $68,464, 57.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.4 m.
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West St. Paul
What West St. Paul is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.91 sq mi
- Water area0.1 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,356
- County holding the largest share of its areaDakota County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West St. Paul
How many people live in West St. Paul
- Population21,382
- Median age39.8
- Population under 184,177
- Share under 1819.5 percent
- Population 65 and over4,393
- Share 65 and over20.5 percent
- Households9,780
- Family households4,844
- Share of households that are families49.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West St. Paul
Income and work in West St. Paul
- Median household income$68,464
- Per capita income$44,887
- Civilian labor force11,586
- Employed11,064
- Unemployed522 plus or minus 202
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over15,303
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher35.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West St. Paul
Housing in West St. Paul
- Housing units10,312
- Occupied units9,780
- Vacant units532 plus or minus 248
- Vacancy rate5.2 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Owner occupied5,595
- Renter occupied4,185
- Ownership rate57.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$301,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,282
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.5 percent
- Single family units5,623
- Share single family54.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,667
- Share in buildings of two or more45.3 percent
- Mobile homes10 plus or minus 16
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West St. Paul
How West St. Paul gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute8,698
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,076
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,287
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.3 percent
- Drove alone68.0 percent
- Carpooled7.5 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home19.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West St. Paul
SBA loans in West St. Paul (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$7,390,100
- Average approval$671,827
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,918,000
- Largest approval$2,277,200
- Jobs supported75
- Jobs per approval6.8
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more18.2 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
West St. Paul
SBA loans in West St. Paul (504)
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$7,447,000
- Average approval$620,583
- Median approval$358,000
- Largest approval$2,146,000
- Jobs supported78
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dakota County, not West St. Paul
Dakota County context, not West St. Paul figures
These are Dakota County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West St. Paul measurements.
- Establishments in Dakota County10,964
- Employment at those establishments, Dakota County185,426
- Covered employment, Dakota County189,387
- Average annual pay, Dakota County$72,792
- Average weekly wage, Dakota County$1,400
- Housing units permitted, Dakota County2,146
- Of those, single family, Dakota County1,236
- County product, 2024, Dakota County$37,138,379,000
- County product change over the prior year, Dakota County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Dakota County$70,009
Every figure in this section is published for Dakota County as a whole and is not a measurement of West St. Paul. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
West St. Paul questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West St. Paul, Minnesota?
21,382, in 9,780 households. West St. Paul city covers 4.91 square miles of land, which is 4,356 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West St. Paul in?
Dakota County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in West St. Paul?
$68,464. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $301,300. Median gross rent is $1,282 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to West St. Paul businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $7.4 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 12 504 approvals worth $7.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in West St. Paul, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to West St. Paul borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for West St. Paul. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page West St. Paul figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dakota County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of West St. Paul.
Is zoning published for West St. Paul?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.