Apple Valley vs Inver Grove Heights

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

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

Apple Valley has the higher population (55,696 vs 35,772 in Inver Grove Heights). Inver Grove Heights has the higher median household income ($104,055 vs $99,277 in Apple Valley). Apple Valley has the higher median home value ($354,200 vs $352,300 in Inver Grove Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Valley	Inver Grove Heights
Population	55,696	35,772
Median age	37.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$99,277	$104,055
Median home value	$354,200	$352,300
Median gross rent	$1,678	$1,447
Housing units	21,905	14,913
Homeownership rate	72.9%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Valley	Inver Grove Heights
Population	52,889 → 55,696 (+5.3%)	35,320 → 35,772 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$89,251 → $99,277 (+11.2%)	$78,347 → $104,055 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $354,200 (+37.3%)	$254,500 → $352,300 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,678 (+24.0%)	$1,142 → $1,447 (+26.7%)

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

Inver Grove Heights

Population

35,32035,772

Median household income

$78,347$104,055

Median home value

$254,500$352,300

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Valley	Inver Grove Heights
Under 5	6.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.1%
75 and over	6.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Valley	Inver Grove Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	68.5%	74.0%
Black or African American	10.5%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Valley	Inver Grove Heights
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	19.1%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Valley	Inver Grove Heights
Drove alone	67.9%	67.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.6%
Public transit	2.1%	2.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.9%	21.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Valley	Inver Grove Heights
1-unit, detached	50.6%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	27.9%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	14.4%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Apple Valley	Inver Grove Heights
Poverty rate	5.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1990	1990