Sauk Centre vs Waite Park

A side-by-side comparison of Sauk Centre and Waite Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Sauk Centre and Waite Park are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waite Park has the higher population (8,341 vs 4,589 in Sauk Centre). Sauk Centre has the higher median household income ($65,763 vs $56,884 in Waite Park). Waite Park has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $196,000 in Sauk Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Sauk Centre	Waite Park
Population	4,589	8,341
Median age	39.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,763	$56,884
Median home value	$196,000	$217,000
Median gross rent	$778	$1,072
Housing units	2,193	3,712
Homeownership rate	61.0%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sauk Centre	Waite Park
Population	4,426 → 4,589 (+3.7%)	7,692 → 8,341 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$57,851 → $65,763 (+13.7%)	$41,200 → $56,884 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$144,200 → $196,000 (+35.9%)	$151,700 → $217,000 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $778 (+21.2%)	$844 → $1,072 (+27.0%)

Sauk Centre

Population

4,4264,589

Median household income

$57,851$65,763

Median home value

$144,200$196,000

Median gross rent

$642$778

Waite Park

Population

7,6928,341

Median household income

$41,200$56,884

Median home value

$151,700$217,000

Median gross rent

$844$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sauk Centre	Waite Park
Under 5	5.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	8.3%
75 and over	9.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sauk Centre	Waite Park
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	51.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	34.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sauk Centre	Waite Park
No high school diploma	8.0%	15.9%
High school graduate	35.3%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sauk Centre	Waite Park
Drove alone	74.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.4%	1.8%
Walked	8.3%	3.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sauk Centre	Waite Park
1-unit, detached	66.4%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	5.7%
20 or more units	14.5%	35.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Sauk Centre	Waite Park
Poverty rate	15.4%	24.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1965	1991