Vadnais Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 13,108 people and three associated neighborhoods, Vadnais Heights is the 87th largest community in Minnesota.Vadnais Heights is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.03% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. 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 (13.94%), business and financial occupations (9.89%), and management occupations (8.66%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 22.66% 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. Vadnais Heights is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 45.91% of adults in Vadnais Heights have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in Vadnais Heights in 2022 was $57,103, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $228,412 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, Norwegian, Swedish, and English. The most common language spoken in Vadnais Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Miao/Hmong and Spanish.
