Farmington vs Inver Grove Heights

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

Farmington 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.

Inver Grove Heights has the higher population (35,772 vs 23,675 in Farmington). Farmington has the higher median household income ($118,556 vs $104,055 in Inver Grove Heights). Inver Grove Heights has the higher median home value ($352,300 vs $345,100 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Inver Grove Heights
Population	23,675	35,772
Median age	35.6 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,556	$104,055
Median home value	$345,100	$352,300
Median gross rent	$1,275	$1,447
Housing units	8,475	14,913
Homeownership rate	86.6%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Inver Grove Heights
Population	22,869 → 23,675 (+3.5%)	35,320 → 35,772 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$95,331 → $118,556 (+24.4%)	$78,347 → $104,055 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$254,200 → $345,100 (+35.8%)	$254,500 → $352,300 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,275 (+21.2%)	$1,142 → $1,447 (+26.7%)

Farmington

Population

22,86923,675

Median household income

$95,331$118,556

Median home value

$254,200$345,100

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,275

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)

	Farmington	Inver Grove Heights
Under 5	7.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	4.3%	11.1%
75 and over	3.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Inver Grove Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	74.0%
Black or African American	4.1%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	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	6.4%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Inver Grove Heights
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	20.6%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Inver Grove Heights
Drove alone	74.9%	67.2%
Carpooled	4.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.3%	2.3%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	18.6%	21.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Inver Grove Heights
1-unit, detached	71.2%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	18.4%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	6.1%
20 or more units	5.3%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Inver Grove Heights
Poverty rate	3.8%	4.6%
Average household size	2.86	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1997	1990