Apple Valley vs Lakeville

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

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

Lakeville has the higher population (72,480 vs 55,696 in Apple Valley). Lakeville has the higher median household income ($138,119 vs $99,277 in Apple Valley). Lakeville has the higher median home value ($425,200 vs $354,200 in Apple Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Valley	Lakeville
Population	55,696	72,480
Median age	37.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,277	$138,119
Median home value	$354,200	$425,200
Median gross rent	$1,678	$1,727
Housing units	21,905	25,576
Homeownership rate	72.9%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Valley	Lakeville
Population	52,889 → 55,696 (+5.3%)	63,915 → 72,480 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$89,251 → $99,277 (+11.2%)	$110,212 → $138,119 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $354,200 (+37.3%)	$311,100 → $425,200 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,678 (+24.0%)	$1,360 → $1,727 (+27.0%)

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

Lakeville

Population

63,91572,480

Median household income

$110,212$138,119

Median home value

$311,100$425,200

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Valley	Lakeville
Under 5	6.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.4%
75 and over	6.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Valley	Lakeville
White (non-Hispanic)	68.5%	79.0%
Black or African American	10.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.3%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Valley	Lakeville
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	19.1%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Valley	Lakeville
Drove alone	67.9%	68.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.3%
Public transit	2.1%	2.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.9%	20.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Valley	Lakeville
1-unit, detached	50.6%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	27.9%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	14.4%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Apple Valley	Lakeville
Poverty rate	5.9%	3.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1990	1998