Woodbury: A Profile of the Woodbury Suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul

The city of Woodbury lies to the east of St. Paul.

Woodbury is one of the larger cities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, at just over 35 square miles. Woodbury is in Washington county.

Interstate 94 is the northern border of the city, giving residents easy acess to St. Paul and Minneapolis, and to Hudson, WI, a few miles to the east.

Woodbury is very family friendly, and it has a high proportion of professional families, couples and singles.

The average income for Woodbury is around 40% higher than the average for the Twin Cities metro area.

Many employees of the manufacturing conglomorate 3M, headquartered in the neighboring city of Maplewood, live in Woodbury. It's also popular for those employed by financial and insurance companies in downtown St. Paul, a short commute on Interstate 94.

The Woodwinds Healthcare Campus in Woodbury is a major employer in the city.

Woodbury is a modern and rapidly growing suburb and most housing is less than 20 years old.

Apartment buildings, luxury condos, and single family homes ranging from small bungalows to larger executive houses are available.

New housing is being constructed on the southern and eastern edges of Woodbury, on land that was once farmland or forest.

Woodbury is well known as a shopping destination. Two major outdoor malls are in Woodbury: Tamarack Village has electronics, food and department stores. Woodbury Lakes has national chain clothing and lifestyle stores, and a couple of locally-owned stores like designer denim boutique Elodie.

Woodbury is in the South Washington County School District and schools in the city are generally well regarded.

High school students attend Woodbury High School.

Express bus services run to downtown St. Paul and downtown Minneapolis from two park and ride lots in Woodbury. Metro Transit buses serve a very small portion of Woodbury.

As public transit is so limited, and Woodbury is not a walkable city, most residents depend on their cars. Interstates 94 and 494 provide convenient connections to the Twin Cities metro area, and to Wisconsin.

Central Park, housed in the same building as Woodbury's library, has the Lookout Ridge, an indoor playground, a waterfall, and other indoor amenities, which is very popular in the winter.

There are several outdoor parks like the popular Carver Lake Beach park which has a lake with a swimming beach.

Woodbury has one private golf course, Prestwick, and one city-owned golf course, Eagle Valley.