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Place dossier plate
SheetMN-ST-LEO-MN · St. Leo, MN 129 pop · income 31st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around St. Leo
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest St. Leo on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Odin · lowest
35,625
Odin · lowest
35,625 median HH income
29.5% of the leader · rank #1
St. Leo · this city
57,500
St. Leo · this city
57,500 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #2
Pitkas Point · near
57,500
Pitkas Point · near
57,500 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #3
Meredosia · near
57,500
Meredosia · near
57,500 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #4
Wataga · near
57,500
Wataga · near
57,500 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #5
Auburn · near
57,500
Auburn · near
57,500 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #6
High Forest · highest
120,625
High Forest · highest
120,625 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for St. Leo on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 129.
St. Leo ranks in the 31st percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
31st
percentile, household income
36th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: St. Leo, MN
129 people live in St. Leo, Minnesota - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in St. Leo brings in $57,500 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.5%. The median resident age is 56.1 years. Educational attainment runs 2.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 36.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 0 residential building permits were authorized in St. Leo (No Permits), per Census BPS data.
Minnesota tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Minnesota at 98.6 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,125 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Minnesota run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 42.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of St. Leo's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For St. Leo, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for St. Leo?
Within Minnesota, the closest population matches are Odin (130 residents, $35,625 income); Foxhome (131 residents, $63,125 income); Merrifield (131 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bodcaw, AR (129 residents); Higden, AR (129 residents); Tillar, AR (129 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in St. Leo?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -1 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Below median income · poverty 6.5% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.6 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Minnesota average
F
City profile score · St. Leo, MN
35/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate C
6.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living D
98.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$57,500
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
2.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
St. Leo profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 56/100 (C) · 6.5%
Cost of living: 46/100 (D) · 98.6 index
Household income: 31/100 (F) · $57,500
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 2.7%
How does St. Leo compare to other US cities?
Where St. Leo sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income31% higher than other cities
Median rent36% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares St. Leo against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Minnesota only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Minnesota-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places St. Leo near the bottom of Minnesota's cities
Among the 785 Minnesota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, St. Leo ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares St. Leo only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#564 of 775
27th percentile in Minnesota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 785
0th percentile in Minnesota
Poverty Rate
#333 of 785
57th percentile in Minnesota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#771 of 784
2nd percentile in Minnesota
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Minnesota only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
31st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$57,500St. Leo, MN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context St. Leo, MN median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for St. Leo, MN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)2.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)36.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
129
Median Income
$57,500
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
56.1
Poverty Rate
6.5%
Labor force participation
36.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
2.7%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
St. Leo's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
92 residents
2021
91 residents
2022
92 residents
2023
92 residents
2024
91 residents
2025
91 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
0
0
0
-
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
75.6%
Carpool
22.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.4%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 41 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Minnesota statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Minnesota at $225 (electricity about $95 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Minnesota statewide averages, not a meter reading for St. Leo. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Minnesota's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around St. Leo is $1,125/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Minnesota statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 42.4 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Minnesota statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county St. Leo sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How St. Leo compares to similar-size Minnesota cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.