Eagan vs Lakeville

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

Eagan 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 68,158 in Eagan). Lakeville has the higher median household income ($138,119 vs $107,486 in Eagan). Lakeville has the higher median home value ($425,200 vs $380,800 in Eagan).

Population, income & housing

	Eagan	Lakeville
Population	68,158	72,480
Median age	39.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,486	$138,119
Median home value	$380,800	$425,200
Median gross rent	$1,604	$1,727
Housing units	28,533	25,576
Homeownership rate	69.4%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.4%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagan	Lakeville
Population	66,379 → 68,158 (+2.7%)	63,915 → 72,480 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$90,515 → $107,486 (+18.7%)	$110,212 → $138,119 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$288,200 → $380,800 (+32.1%)	$311,100 → $425,200 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,201 → $1,604 (+33.6%)	$1,360 → $1,727 (+27.0%)

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

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)

	Eagan	Lakeville
Under 5	5.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	6.4%
75 and over	5.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagan	Lakeville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	79.0%
Black or African American	12.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	9.1%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagan	Lakeville
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	14.7%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagan	Lakeville
Drove alone	68.7%	68.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.3%
Public transit	2.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.5%	20.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagan	Lakeville
1-unit, detached	51.7%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	19.4%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	21.3%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Eagan	Lakeville
Poverty rate	6.0%	3.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1987	1998