Apple Valley vs Rosemount

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

Apple Valley and Rosemount 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 26,509 in Rosemount). Rosemount has the higher median household income ($127,247 vs $99,277 in Apple Valley). Rosemount has the higher median home value ($406,100 vs $354,200 in Apple Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Valley	Rosemount
Population	55,696	26,509
Median age	37.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$99,277	$127,247
Median home value	$354,200	$406,100
Median gross rent	$1,678	$1,614
Housing units	21,905	9,797
Homeownership rate	72.9%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Valley	Rosemount
Population	52,889 → 55,696 (+5.3%)	24,292 → 26,509 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$89,251 → $99,277 (+11.2%)	$104,743 → $127,247 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $354,200 (+37.3%)	$279,000 → $406,100 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,678 (+24.0%)	$1,218 → $1,614 (+32.5%)

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

Rosemount

Population

24,29226,509

Median household income

$104,743$127,247

Median home value

$279,000$406,100

Median gross rent

$1,218$1,614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Valley	Rosemount
Under 5	6.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.5%
75 and over	6.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Valley	Rosemount
White (non-Hispanic)	68.5%	82.1%
Black or African American	10.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Valley	Rosemount
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	19.1%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Valley	Rosemount
Drove alone	67.9%	67.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.5%
Public transit	2.1%	1.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	21.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Valley	Rosemount
1-unit, detached	50.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	27.9%	20.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	14.4%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Apple Valley	Rosemount
Poverty rate	5.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1990	2000