Apple Valley vs Burnsville

A side-by-side comparison of Apple Valley and Burnsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Apple Valley and Burnsville are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burnsville has the higher population (64,295 vs 55,696 in Apple Valley). Apple Valley has the higher median household income ($99,277 vs $83,953 in Burnsville). Apple Valley has the higher median home value ($354,200 vs $335,100 in Burnsville).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Valley	Burnsville
Population	55,696	64,295
Median age	37.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,277	$83,953
Median home value	$354,200	$335,100
Median gross rent	$1,678	$1,501
Housing units	21,905	26,783
Homeownership rate	72.9%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Valley	Burnsville
Population	52,889 → 55,696 (+5.3%)	61,311 → 64,295 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$89,251 → $99,277 (+11.2%)	$73,529 → $83,953 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $354,200 (+37.3%)	$247,500 → $335,100 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,678 (+24.0%)	$1,228 → $1,501 (+22.2%)

Apple Valley

Population

52,88955,696

Median household income

$89,251$99,277

Median home value

$258,000$354,200

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,678

Burnsville

Population

61,31164,295

Median household income

$73,529$83,953

Median home value

$247,500$335,100

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Valley	Burnsville
Under 5	6.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.2%
75 and over	6.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Valley	Burnsville
White (non-Hispanic)	68.5%	63.2%
Black or African American	10.5%	12.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Valley	Burnsville
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	19.1%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Valley	Burnsville
Drove alone	67.9%	68.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.1%
Public transit	2.1%	1.8%
Walked	1.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	15.7%
Other means	1.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Valley	Burnsville
1-unit, detached	50.6%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	27.9%	18.1%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	14.4%	26.3%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Apple Valley	Burnsville
Poverty rate	5.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1990	1981