Falcon Heights is a somewhat small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 5,073 people and two associated neighborhoods, Falcon Heights is the 148th largest community in Minnesota.Falcon Heights is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.46% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Falcon Heights is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Falcon Heights who work in teaching (16.58%), office and administrative support (9.61%), and management occupations (7.85%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Falcon Heights has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Also of interest is that Falcon Heights 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: 27.74% 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 Falcon Heights, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Falcon Heights is a relatively small city. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.If knowledge is power, Falcon Heights is a pretty powerful place. 70.42% of the adults in Falcon Heights have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Falcon Heights in 2022 was $47,425, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $189,700 for a family of four. However, Falcon Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Falcon Heights is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Falcon Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Falcon Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Falcon Heights include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Swedish. In addition, Falcon Heights has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.18%). The most common language spoken in Falcon Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and African languages.
