Burnsville vs Lakeville

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

Burnsville 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 64,295 in Burnsville). Lakeville has the higher median household income ($138,119 vs $83,953 in Burnsville). Lakeville has the higher median home value ($425,200 vs $335,100 in Burnsville).

Population, income & housing

	Burnsville	Lakeville
Population	64,295	72,480
Median age	36.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,953	$138,119
Median home value	$335,100	$425,200
Median gross rent	$1,501	$1,727
Housing units	26,783	25,576
Homeownership rate	66.5%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnsville	Lakeville
Population	61,311 → 64,295 (+4.9%)	63,915 → 72,480 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$73,529 → $83,953 (+14.2%)	$110,212 → $138,119 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$247,500 → $335,100 (+35.4%)	$311,100 → $425,200 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,501 (+22.2%)	$1,360 → $1,727 (+27.0%)

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

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)

	Burnsville	Lakeville
Under 5	6.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.4%
75 and over	7.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnsville	Lakeville
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	79.0%
Black or African American	12.8%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	5.2%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnsville	Lakeville
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	20.5%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnsville	Lakeville
Drove alone	68.4%	68.5%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.3%
Public transit	1.8%	2.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.7%	20.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnsville	Lakeville
1-unit, detached	45.8%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	26.3%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Burnsville	Lakeville
Poverty rate	8.7%	3.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1981	1998