Housing
According to census information in 2000, the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN metro ranked 5th lowest in homeowner vacancy rates of any Metropolitan area. There were over 61,437 owner-occupied housing units.
The median value was $105,000 and the average age of a house was listed as 67 years. The median home asking price was $111,300.
According to the 2000 Census, over 287,500 people call Saint Paul home. The three dominate racial groups in the city are Whites (67.02%), Asians (12.36%) and African-Americans (11.71%). Saint Paul also holds the distinction of having the world’s second largest urban Hmong population.