Current Highlights

The number of residential permits with values exceeding $1 million nearly doubled from 2015 to 2016.
The value of permits issued for single-family homes reached its highest level since before 2009.
The post-recession building boom slowed in 2016, resulting in both fewer and a lower total value of construction permits issued after a peak in 2015.

The rental market in Saint Paul has grown significantly since 2010. From 2010 to 2015, the number of renter-occupied units increased by nearly 6,000, and rental prices have remained more affordable than much of the metro area.
Foreclosures, vacancies and demolitions have continued to decrease following peaks during the Great Recession.

The number of jobs in Saint Paul has continued to steadily grow in the wake of the recession, with the largest gains being seen in the private sector.
“Information” and “Management of Companies” led job growth. “Transportation and warehousing” and “Construction” are the industries that saw the steepest declines.
Saint Paul's average annual unemployment rate (3.6%) is just slightly above the metro area as a whole.
As elsewhere in the state and metro area, average weekly wages fell slightly from Q4 2015 to Q4 2016.

The population of Saint Paul grew by 19,374 people, or 6.4%, from 2010 to 2016. In 2015, Saint Paul's population broke 300,000 for first time since the early 1970s.
The average household in Saint Paul has gotten steadily smaller since 1970, meaning we'll need more units of housing to house a similarly-sized population.
Population growth in recent years has been driven particularly by people of color. Saint Paul's white population has stayed fairly unchanged, while most racial and ethnic groups have gained population.
In recent years, number of very poor decreased, while the number of people living just above the poverty line increased.
Over the last several years, residents have tended to be better educated than in the past.