Minnesota · Census place 2758396
Sandstone, Minnesota
Sandstone is a city in Pine County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,466 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 238th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,466
- #238 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +0.4%
- +11 people
- Land area
- 5.3 sq mi
- + 0.17 sq mi water
- Density
- 469 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Sandstone population, 2020 to 2024
Sandstone added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Sandstone covers 5.26 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 469 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Sandstone is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sandstone is in
All of Sandstone's residents live in Pine County, which had 30,319 residents in 2024. Sandstone holds 8.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sandstone
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sandstone by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55072. 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 Sandstone is
The Census internal point of Sandstone is at 46.129000, -92.864600. Saint Paul, the capital, is 81.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pine City, MN (3,865 people), 20.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 82.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.129000, -92.864600
- DMS
- 46°07'44.40"N 92°51'52.56"W
- UTM
- 15N 510459.9E 5108389.3N
- Geohash
- cbjyqvd0c
- Plus code
- 86R944HP+J5
Daylight in Sandstone
At 46.13° N, Sandstone gets about 15 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sandstone
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Hinckley, 8.3 miles away, with 1,918 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sandstone, MN?
2,466 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (0.4%) from 2,455 in July 2020.
What county is Sandstone in?
Pine County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sandstone?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55072.
How far is Sandstone from Saint Paul?
81.9 miles (131.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Sandstone.
What is the nearest larger city to Sandstone?
Pine City, MN, with 3,865 residents, 20.5 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.