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St. Louis Park
is an established community of 10.8 square miles. In a
little more than 115 years, it’s grown from a village of 45
families to a community of 44,126 residents. Residential
areas comprise the largest portion of the community. St.
Louis Park offers a full range of housing — starter homes
valued at $120,000 to executive homes selling for more than
$600,000. The average value of a home in St. Louis Park is
$166,300.
St. Louis Park’s
apartment buildings offer a range of rental options:
affordable to upscale. Smaller buildings with three to 15
units comprise about half of the community’s apartment
buildings. Larger buildings with 16 to 100 or more units
comprise the remainder of St. Louis Park’s multi-family
housing stock.
Our community
is home to retail stores, restaurants, medical facilities,
family-owned businesses, corporations, and churches and
synagogues. St. Louis Park has a sound economic base with
commercial, industrial and apartment development comprising
more than 60 percent of the tax base. Commercial uses
comprise 13.8 percent of the community’s land area.
St. Louis
Park has 51 parks to enjoy (11.5 percent of St. Louis Park’s
land is set aside for parks). Bike trails link St. Louis
Park to downtown Minneapolis, the Uptown area, Hopkins and
Chaska. Residents of all ages can participate in year-round
recreational and educational activities offered by the city
and school district.
One of St.
Louis Park’s strengths is our nationally recognized school
system. Unlike many other suburbs, our children can attend
school within our community from preschool through high
school. St. Louis Park also has nine private schools serving
a variety of interests.
Our residents
speak highly of the community. In a random opinion survey
conducted in 2000, 95 percent reported that they would
recommend St. Louis Park to other people, and 95 percent
said they feel welcomed in the community. |
