Apple Valley vs Eagan

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

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

Eagan has the higher population (68,158 vs 55,696 in Apple Valley). Eagan has the higher median household income ($107,486 vs $99,277 in Apple Valley). Eagan has the higher median home value ($380,800 vs $354,200 in Apple Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Valley	Eagan
Population	55,696	68,158
Median age	37.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$99,277	$107,486
Median home value	$354,200	$380,800
Median gross rent	$1,678	$1,604
Housing units	21,905	28,533
Homeownership rate	72.9%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	53.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Valley	Eagan
Population	52,889 → 55,696 (+5.3%)	66,379 → 68,158 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$89,251 → $99,277 (+11.2%)	$90,515 → $107,486 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $354,200 (+37.3%)	$288,200 → $380,800 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,678 (+24.0%)	$1,201 → $1,604 (+33.6%)

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

Eagan

Population

66,37968,158

Median household income

$90,515$107,486

Median home value

$288,200$380,800

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,604

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Valley	Eagan
Under 5	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.4%
75 and over	6.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Valley	Eagan
White (non-Hispanic)	68.5%	69.5%
Black or African American	10.5%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Valley	Eagan
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	19.1%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Valley	Eagan
Drove alone	67.9%	68.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.6%
Public transit	2.1%	2.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.9%	20.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Valley	Eagan
1-unit, detached	50.6%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	27.9%	19.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	14.4%	21.3%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Apple Valley	Eagan
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1990	1987