Minnesota · Census place 2771428

Woodbury, Minnesota

Woodbury is a city in Washington County, Minnesota with an estimated 80,596 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 7th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
80,596
#7 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+6.8%
+5,116 people
Land area
34.9 sq mi
+ 0.83 sq mi water
Density
2,309 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Woodbury. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Woodbury population, 2020 to 2024

Woodbury added 5,116 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.8%. In the latest year it moved by +938. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 30th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Woodbury is 5.7 times that size.

75.5k202077.1k202178.7k202279.7k202380.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 75,105. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Woodbury covers 34.90 square miles of land and 0.83 of water, for 2,309 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Woodbury is denser than the typical town.

What county Woodbury is in

All of Woodbury's residents live in Washington County, which had 283,960 residents in 2024. Woodbury holds 28.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Woodbury

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Woodbury by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55125, 55129. 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 Woodbury is

The Census internal point of Woodbury is at 44.906300, -92.923700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 9.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Paul, MN (307,465 people), 9.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.906300, -92.923700
DMS
44°54'22.68"N 92°55'25.32"W
UTM
15N 506023.4E 4972544.4N
Geohash
9zvzmqzn0
Plus code
86P9W34G+GG

Daylight in Woodbury

At 44.91° N, Woodbury 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 Woodbury

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Newport, 4.3 miles away, with 5,415 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Woodbury, MN?

80,596 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5,116 (6.8%) from 75,480 in July 2020.

What county is Woodbury in?

Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Woodbury?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55125, 55129.

How far is Woodbury from Saint Paul?

9.3 miles (15.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Woodbury.

What is the nearest larger city to Woodbury?

St. Paul, MN, with 307,465 residents, 9.3 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.