Stillwater, Minnesota

Stillwater population, 2020 to 2024

Stillwater lost 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +112. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 101st; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Stillwater is 1.4 times that size.

Stillwater covers 8.05 square miles of land and 1.02 of water, for 2,408 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Stillwater is denser than the typical town.

What county Stillwater is in

All of Stillwater's residents live in Washington County, which had 283,960 residents in 2024. Stillwater holds 6.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stillwater

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stillwater by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55082. 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 Stillwater is

The Census internal point of Stillwater is at 45.058600, -92.830400. Saint Paul, the capital, is 15.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oakdale, MN (30,441 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 15.3 miles away.

Daylight in Stillwater

At 45.06° N, Stillwater gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stillwater

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Oak Park Heights, 2.0 miles away, with 4,674 people.