Burnsville vs Rosemount

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

Burnsville and Rosemount 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 26,509 in Rosemount). Rosemount has the higher median household income ($127,247 vs $83,953 in Burnsville). Rosemount has the higher median home value ($406,100 vs $335,100 in Burnsville).

Population, income & housing

	Burnsville	Rosemount
Population	64,295	26,509
Median age	36.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,953	$127,247
Median home value	$335,100	$406,100
Median gross rent	$1,501	$1,614
Housing units	26,783	9,797
Homeownership rate	66.5%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnsville	Rosemount
Population	61,311 → 64,295 (+4.9%)	24,292 → 26,509 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$73,529 → $83,953 (+14.2%)	$104,743 → $127,247 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$247,500 → $335,100 (+35.4%)	$279,000 → $406,100 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,501 (+22.2%)	$1,218 → $1,614 (+32.5%)

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

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)

	Burnsville	Rosemount
Under 5	6.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	20.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.5%
75 and over	7.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnsville	Rosemount
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	82.1%
Black or African American	12.8%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.2%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnsville	Rosemount
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	20.5%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnsville	Rosemount
Drove alone	68.4%	67.3%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.5%
Public transit	1.8%	1.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	21.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnsville	Rosemount
1-unit, detached	45.8%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	20.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.0%
20 or more units	26.3%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Burnsville	Rosemount
Poverty rate	8.7%	2.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1981	2000