Housing mix
Saint Paul, MN housing supply, ownership, and rent
What the latest ACS housing mix can and cannot tell buyers and renters comparing options in Saint Paul, MN.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Saint Paul, MN's current ACS housing baseline includes 133,051 total housing units, 125,249 occupied units, and 7,802 vacant units. For borrower planning, those counts may still help a borrower establish the scale of the measured housing base before comparing tenure, rent, current listings, property condition, and financing. The figures describe stock across the survey period; they do not say that 7,802 homes were listed for sale or available to rent at one moment. Reading 133,051 total units with 125,249 occupied and 7,802 vacant units keeps the release internally grounded while leaving live availability to current listing and property evidence.
A grounded Saint Paul, MN comparison starts with current listings and lease offers, then uses the ACS evidence to check whether the sample is being interpreted in the context of 133,051 total units, a vacancy share of 5.9%, and an owner share of 52.9%. On the rental side, replace the $1,281 median with the actual lease, utilities, deposits, and expected changes. For ownership, keep the 52.9% share as market context while adding the selected property's price, taxes, insurance, maintenance, association obligations, loan disclosures, and cash-to-close. For the decision at hand, the resulting worksheet will not turn 47.1% or 52.9% into a recommendation, but it will keep the two paths comparable and make the remaining assumptions visible before a decision.