What is the population of St. Peter city?

St. Peter city has 12,085 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #92 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in St. Peter city?

Median household income in St. Peter city is $65,042 a year, 17.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in St. Peter city?

Median gross rent is $943 a month and the median home value is $238,700, so rent absorbs about 17.4% of median household income.

Is St. Peter city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so St. Peter city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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St. Peter, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of St. Peter, Minnesota (St. Peter, MN — Census place “St. Peter city”) is 12,085 residents, ranking #92 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $65,042, the median home is worth $238,700 and median gross rent runs $943 a month. Looking for the St. Peter Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve St. Peter, MN: 56082.

Population: 12,085St. Peter city residents
Median household income: $65,042Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $238,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $943Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60%Owner-occupied households

St. Peter ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps St. Peter.

The St. Peter MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

56082

What the numbers mean in St. Peter city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the St. Peter city median would spend about 17.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.5% of residents and 60% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

St. Peter city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

St. Peter city is a mid-size town in Minnesota, with 12,085 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #92 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 35 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in St. Peter city earn a median of $65,042 a year, 17.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 14% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 17.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in St. Peter city is valued at $238,700, 21.3% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $943 a month, 32.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,316 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 60% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of St. Peter city?: St. Peter city has 12,085 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #92 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in St. Peter city?: Median household income in St. Peter city is $65,042 a year, 17.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in St. Peter city?: Median gross rent is $943 a month and the median home value is $238,700, so rent absorbs about 17.4% of median household income.
Is St. Peter city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so St. Peter city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this St. Peter city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.