Minnesota · Census place 2720420

Falcon Heights, Minnesota

Falcon Heights is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota with an estimated 5,002 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 155th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,002
#155 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-6.9%
-373 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
2,243 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Falcon Heights. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Falcon Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Falcon Heights lost 373 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.9%. In the latest year it moved by -5. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 155th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Falcon Heights is 35% of it.

5,37520205,24120214,75620225,00720235,0022024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,361. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Falcon Heights covers 2.23 square miles of land, for 2,243 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Falcon Heights is denser than the typical town.

What county Falcon Heights is in

All of Falcon Heights's residents live in Ramsey County, which had 542,015 residents in 2024. Falcon Heights holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Falcon Heights

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Falcon Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55108, 55113. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Falcon Heights is

The Census internal point of Falcon Heights is at 44.988100, -93.174700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 4.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Roseville, MN (35,637 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 4.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.988100, -93.174700
DMS
44°59'17.16"N 93°10'28.92"W
UTM
15N 486228.1E 4981643.3N
Geohash
9zvxzvb68
Plus code
86P8XRQG+64

Daylight in Falcon Heights

At 44.99° N, Falcon Heights gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Falcon Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Lauderdale, 1.5 miles away, with 2,341 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Falcon Heights, MN?

5,002 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 373 (6.9%) from 5,375 in July 2020.

What county is Falcon Heights in?

Ramsey County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Falcon Heights?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55108, 55113.

How far is Falcon Heights from Saint Paul?

4.2 miles (6.8 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Falcon Heights.

What is the nearest larger city to Falcon Heights?

Roseville, MN, with 35,637 residents, 2.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.