Census-designated place · Stearns County, Minnesota

St. John's University, Minnesota

St. John's University is a census-designated place in Stearns County, Minnesota, part of the St. Cloud, MN metro area. It has 1,580 residents. St. John's University, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 95 out of 100 (very high), ranking #831 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Minnesota it ranks #62 of 364 cities and towns. It ranks best on mammography screening (high), broadband subscriptions (high) and public transit commuters (high). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), poverty rate (high) and days with unhealthy air (high).

95Very high

Quality-of-life score: #831 of 15,651 cities and towns
Minnesota: #62 of 364 in MN
Population: 1,580 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,417.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 2757094

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety68#4,987/15,637
Economy34#10,304/15,631
Housing—
Health91#1,422/15,609
Healthcare84#2,560/15,650
Environment79#3,211/15,453
Education92#1,181/15,649
Infrastructure100#78/15,650
Community93#1,039/15,651
Leisure & amenities75#3,923/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where St. John's University, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Stearns County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Mammography screening · high62.0%
99/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStearns County value
Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100Minnesota 91.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Public transit commuters · high12.0%
98/100Minnesota 1.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Average commute time · low11.9 min
98/100Minnesota 22.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Frequent mental distress · low13.1%
98/100Minnesota 17.1%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Loneliness · low28.2%
98/100Minnesota 32.1%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high54.5%
0/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStearns County value
Poverty rate · high28.4%
7/100Minnesota 9.3%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Days with unhealthy air · high3.1%
12/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyStearns County value
Unemployment rate · high8.8%
13/100Minnesota 3.9%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Comfortable days · low23.8%
20/100Minnesota 23.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationStearns County value
Distance to an airport · high73 mi
21/100Minnesota 43 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauStearns County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.001 (2016-2020) → 0.128 (2020-2024)
+12,660%4 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Public transit commutersWorsening
20.4% (2016-2020) → 12.0% (2020-2024)
−8.4 pts4 yearsCensus table B08301US 4.6% → 3.2%
Poverty rateWorsening
21.6% (2016-2020) → 28.4% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Average commute timeWorsening
9.7 min (2016-2020) → 11.9 min (2020-2024)
+22%4 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare St. John's University, Minnesota over five years.

Cities and towns like St. John's University, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of St. John's University, Minnesota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like St. John's University, Minnesota five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,580 residents (±71)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,580 residents (±71)

St. John's University, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White78%1,230
Black4.7%†74
Hispanic or Latino9.2%†146

Education

196 residents (±42)

St. John's University, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma4.1%†8
High school or GED11%†21
Some college6.6%†13

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

10 households (±11)

St. John's University, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k0.0%0
$25k–50k0.0%0
$50k–75k0.0%0
$75k–100k0.0%0
$100k–150k30%†3
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more70%†7

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

10 households (±11)

St. John's University, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own100%†10
Rent0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Home values

10 homes (±11)

St. John's University, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k0.0%0
$150k–250k70%†7
$250k–400k30%†3

Age of homes

10 homes (±11)

St. John's University, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20090.0%0
1980–19990.0%0
1960–1979

Size of homes

10 homes (±11)

St. John's University, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms0.0%0
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

798 workers (±119)

St. John's University, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone25%†199
Carpool0.4%†3
Public transit12%†96
Walk44%349
Bike0.5%†4
Work from home18%†147
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

651 workers (±97)

St. John's University, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min66%429
15–29 min28%†180
30–44 min3.4%†22

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the St. Cloud, MN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Stearns County, the county holding most of St. John's University's residents.

Stearns County has 4,474 employer establishments, 277 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Minnesota's), with 84,123 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,174. The Census Bureau also counts 12,609 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,474; 12,609 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 277; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 84,123
Average annual pay: $58,174; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Stearns County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	345	21.3	1.38×More than typical	2,347	$86,883	776
Ambulatory health care services	290	17.9	0.86×About typical	4,881	$97,045	385
Restaurants and other eating places	279	17.2	0.94×About typical	5,487	$19,593	39
Lessors of real estate	167	10.3	0.84×About typical	780	$41,101	1,448
Construction of buildings	150	9.3	1.23×About typical	1,028	$77,409	323
Truck transportation	134	8.3	1.64×More than typical	1,968	$63,820	1,446
Limited-service restaurants	129	8	0.99×About typical	2,677	$17,976	13
Building equipment contractors	118	7.3	1.21×About typical	1,158	$84,125	114
Automotive repair and maintenance	117	7.2	1.44×More than typical	732	$53,911	151
Insurance agencies and brokerages	117	7.2	1.65×More than typical	545	$79,163	196
Offices of other health practitioners	113	7	1.15×About typical	611	$51,164	199
Full-service restaurants	112	6.9	0.90×About typical	2,408	$21,445	14

Rank places for an industry Open Stearns County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 161,805 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: St. John's University is mostly in Stearns County.

See federal money in Stearns County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

St. John's University, Minnesota is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).