West St. Paul is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 21,722 people and five associated neighborhoods, West St. Paul is the 58th largest community in Minnesota.West St. Paul is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, West St. Paul is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in West St. Paul who work in sales jobs (11.48%), office and administrative support (10.90%), and management occupations (9.05%). Also of interest is that West St. Paul 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: 14.90% 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. Like elsewhere in America, most people in West St. Paul use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of West St. Paul‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.The education level of West St. Paul citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.38% of adults in West St. Paul have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in West St. Paul in 2022 was $40,563, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,252 for a family of four. However, West St. Paul contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. West St. Paul is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West St. Paul home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West St. Paul residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. West St. Paul also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.36% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West St. Paul include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in West St. Paul is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
