South St. Paul is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 20,506 people and six associated neighborhoods, South St. Paul is the 57th largest community in Minnesota.
Also of interest is that South St. Paul has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.79% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
The overall education level of South St. Paul citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.99% of adults in South St. Paul have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in South St. Paul in 2022 was $36,229, which is middle income relative to Minnesota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,916 for a family of four. However, South St. Paul contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
South St. Paul is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call South St. Paul home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South St. Paul residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. South St. Paul also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.51% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in South St. Paul include German, Irish, Norwegian, Polish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in South St. Paul is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.