Eagan vs Rosemount

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

Eagan and Rosemount 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 26,509 in Rosemount). Rosemount has the higher median household income ($127,247 vs $107,486 in Eagan). Rosemount has the higher median home value ($406,100 vs $380,800 in Eagan).

Population, income & housing

	Eagan	Rosemount
Population	68,158	26,509
Median age	39.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$107,486	$127,247
Median home value	$380,800	$406,100
Median gross rent	$1,604	$1,614
Housing units	28,533	9,797
Homeownership rate	69.4%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.4%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagan	Rosemount
Population	66,379 → 68,158 (+2.7%)	24,292 → 26,509 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$90,515 → $107,486 (+18.7%)	$104,743 → $127,247 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$288,200 → $380,800 (+32.1%)	$279,000 → $406,100 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,201 → $1,604 (+33.6%)	$1,218 → $1,614 (+32.5%)

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

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)

	Eagan	Rosemount
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.5%
75 and over	5.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagan	Rosemount
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	82.1%
Black or African American	12.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	9.1%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagan	Rosemount
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	14.7%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagan	Rosemount
Drove alone	68.7%	67.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.5%
Public transit	2.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	21.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagan	Rosemount
1-unit, detached	51.7%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	19.4%	20.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	3.0%
20 or more units	21.3%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Eagan	Rosemount
Poverty rate	6.0%	2.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1987	2000