Vadnais Heights is a somewhat small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 12,713 people and three associated neighborhoods, Vadnais Heights is the 87th largest community in Minnesota.Vadnais Heights is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Vadnais Heights is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vadnais Heights who work in office and administrative support (12.19%), teaching (9.12%), and management occupations (9.11%). Also of interest is that Vadnais Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.17% 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. The education level of Vadnais Heights ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Vadnais Heights, 43.99% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Vadnais Heights in 2022 was $51,601, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $206,404 for a family of four. However, Vadnais Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vadnais Heights is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Vadnais Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vadnais Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Vadnais Heights include German, Irish, Swedish, Norwegian, and French. The most common language spoken in Vadnais Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Miao/Hmong and Spanish.
