Burnsville vs Inver Grove Heights

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

Burnsville 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.

Burnsville has the higher population (64,295 vs 35,772 in Inver Grove Heights). Inver Grove Heights has the higher median household income ($104,055 vs $83,953 in Burnsville). Inver Grove Heights has the higher median home value ($352,300 vs $335,100 in Burnsville).

Population, income & housing

	Burnsville	Inver Grove Heights
Population	64,295	35,772
Median age	36.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,953	$104,055
Median home value	$335,100	$352,300
Median gross rent	$1,501	$1,447
Housing units	26,783	14,913
Homeownership rate	66.5%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnsville	Inver Grove Heights
Population	61,311 → 64,295 (+4.9%)	35,320 → 35,772 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$73,529 → $83,953 (+14.2%)	$78,347 → $104,055 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$247,500 → $335,100 (+35.4%)	$254,500 → $352,300 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,501 (+22.2%)	$1,142 → $1,447 (+26.7%)

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

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)

	Burnsville	Inver Grove Heights
Under 5	6.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.1%
75 and over	7.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnsville	Inver Grove Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	74.0%
Black or African American	12.8%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.2%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnsville	Inver Grove Heights
No high school diploma	6.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	20.5%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnsville	Inver Grove Heights
Drove alone	68.4%	67.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	5.6%
Public transit	1.8%	2.3%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.7%	21.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnsville	Inver Grove Heights
1-unit, detached	45.8%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	26.3%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Burnsville	Inver Grove Heights
Poverty rate	8.7%	4.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1981	1990