Eagan vs Inver Grove Heights

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

Eagan 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.

Eagan has the higher population (68,158 vs 35,772 in Inver Grove Heights). Eagan has the higher median household income ($107,486 vs $104,055 in Inver Grove Heights). Eagan has the higher median home value ($380,800 vs $352,300 in Inver Grove Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Eagan	Inver Grove Heights
Population	68,158	35,772
Median age	39.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$107,486	$104,055
Median home value	$380,800	$352,300
Median gross rent	$1,604	$1,447
Housing units	28,533	14,913
Homeownership rate	69.4%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.4%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagan	Inver Grove Heights
Population	66,379 → 68,158 (+2.7%)	35,320 → 35,772 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$90,515 → $107,486 (+18.7%)	$78,347 → $104,055 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$288,200 → $380,800 (+32.1%)	$254,500 → $352,300 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,201 → $1,604 (+33.6%)	$1,142 → $1,447 (+26.7%)

Eagan

Population

66,37968,158

Median household income

$90,515$107,486

Median home value

$288,200$380,800

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,604

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)

	Eagan	Inver Grove Heights
Under 5	5.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.1%
75 and over	5.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagan	Inver Grove Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	74.0%
Black or African American	12.0%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.1%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagan	Inver Grove Heights
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	14.7%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagan	Inver Grove Heights
Drove alone	68.7%	67.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.6%
Public transit	2.0%	2.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	20.5%	21.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagan	Inver Grove Heights
1-unit, detached	51.7%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	19.4%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	6.1%
20 or more units	21.3%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Eagan	Inver Grove Heights
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1987	1990