St. Francis is a somewhat small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 8,387 people and two associated neighborhoods, St. Francis is the 117th largest community in Minnesota. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in St. Francis, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to St. Francis, and putting down their money on brand new construction. St. Francis’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. St. Francis does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $98,390.00.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, St. Francis is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.48% of the St. Francis workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, St. Francis is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Francis who work in office and administrative support (11.55%), sales jobs (9.98%), and business and financial occupations (6.18%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.57% 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. In St. Francis, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.68 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The citizens of St. Francis are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.86% of adults in St. Francis have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in St. Francis in 2022 was $36,568, 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 $146,272 for a family of four. However, St. Francis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call St. Francis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Francis residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Francis include German, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in St. Francis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
