Minnesota · Census place 2723714
Gilbert, Minnesota
Gilbert is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,655 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 289th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,655
- #289 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -2.0%
- -33 people
- Land area
- 11.7 sq mi
- + 0.74 sq mi water
- Density
- 142 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Gilbert population, 2020 to 2024
Gilbert lost 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -9.
Gilbert covers 11.68 square miles of land and 0.74 of water, for 142 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Gilbert is less dense than the typical town.
What county Gilbert is in
All of Gilbert's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 200,794 residents in 2024. Gilbert holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Gilbert
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Gilbert by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55734, 55741. 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 Gilbert is
The Census internal point of Gilbert is at 47.490800, -92.458300. Saint Paul, the capital, is 177.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Virginia, MN (8,267 people), 3.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 178.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 47.490800, -92.458300
- DMS
- 47°29'26.88"N 92°27'29.88"W
- UTM
- 15N 540804.4E 5259849.5N
- Geohash
- cbqq0j3vv
- Plus code
- 86V9FGRR+8M
Daylight in Gilbert
At 47.49° N, Gilbert gets about 15 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Gilbert
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Virginia, 3.8 miles away, with 8,267 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gilbert, MN?
1,655 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 33 (2.0%) from 1,688 in July 2020.
What county is Gilbert in?
St. Louis County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Gilbert?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55734, 55741.
How far is Gilbert from Saint Paul?
177.9 miles (286.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Gilbert.
What is the nearest larger city to Gilbert?
Virginia, MN, with 8,267 residents, 3.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.