White Bear Lake, Minnesota

White Bear Lake population, 2020 to 2024

White Bear Lake lost 1,311 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.3%. In the latest year it moved by +3. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 151st; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so White Bear Lake is 1.6 times that size.

White Bear Lake covers 8.05 square miles of land and 0.59 of water, for 2,917 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so White Bear Lake is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties White Bear Lake spans

White Bear Lake crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 23,479 residents as follows; Ramsey County holds 98.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in White Bear Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps White Bear Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55110. 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 White Bear Lake is

The Census internal point of White Bear Lake is at 45.065200, -93.012900. Saint Paul, the capital, is 8.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Maplewood, MN (40,142 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 9.2 miles away.

Daylight in White Bear Lake

At 45.07° N, White Bear Lake 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 White Bear Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Mahtomedi, 2.1 miles away, with 8,199 people.