West St. Paul, Minnesota

West St. Paul population, 2020 to 2024

West St. Paul added 1,362 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.6%. In the latest year it moved by +154. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so West St. Paul is 1.5 times that size.

West St. Paul covers 4.91 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 4,464 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so West St. Paul is denser than the typical town.

What county West St. Paul is in

All of West St. Paul's residents live in Dakota County, which had 453,156 residents in 2024. West St. Paul holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West St. Paul

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West St. Paul by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55118. 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 West St. Paul is

The Census internal point of West St. Paul is at 44.902400, -93.085300. Saint Paul, the capital, is 3.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Paul, MN (307,465 people), 3.4 miles away.

Daylight in West St. Paul

At 44.90° N, West St. Paul gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West St. Paul

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is South St. Paul, 2.4 miles away, with 20,590 people.