St. Joseph, Minnesota

St. Joseph population, 2020 to 2024

St. Joseph lost 80 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +156. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 114th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so St. Joseph is 49% of it.

St. Joseph covers 9.29 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 753 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so St. Joseph is less dense than the typical town.

What county St. Joseph is in

All of St. Joseph's residents live in Stearns County, which had 163,997 residents in 2024. St. Joseph holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. Joseph

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps St. Joseph by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56374. 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 St. Joseph is

The Census internal point of St. Joseph is at 45.565100, -94.302100. Saint Paul, the capital, is 72.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waite Park, MN (8,504 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 65.2 miles away.

Daylight in St. Joseph

At 45.57° N, St. Joseph gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. Joseph

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Waite Park, 4.2 miles away, with 8,504 people.