Inver Grove Heights vs Lakeville

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

Inver Grove Heights 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 35,772 in Inver Grove Heights). Lakeville has the higher median household income ($138,119 vs $104,055 in Inver Grove Heights). Lakeville has the higher median home value ($425,200 vs $352,300 in Inver Grove Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Inver Grove Heights	Lakeville
Population	35,772	72,480
Median age	41.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,055	$138,119
Median home value	$352,300	$425,200
Median gross rent	$1,447	$1,727
Housing units	14,913	25,576
Homeownership rate	75.5%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inver Grove Heights	Lakeville
Population	35,320 → 35,772 (+1.3%)	63,915 → 72,480 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$78,347 → $104,055 (+32.8%)	$110,212 → $138,119 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$254,500 → $352,300 (+38.4%)	$311,100 → $425,200 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,447 (+26.7%)	$1,360 → $1,727 (+27.0%)

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

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)

	Inver Grove Heights	Lakeville
Under 5	4.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	6.4%
75 and over	5.8%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inver Grove Heights	Lakeville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	79.0%
Black or African American	5.2%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inver Grove Heights	Lakeville
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	22.5%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inver Grove Heights	Lakeville
Drove alone	67.2%	68.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.3%
Public transit	2.3%	2.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.8%	20.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inver Grove Heights	Lakeville
1-unit, detached	54.2%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	20.7%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	13.2%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Inver Grove Heights	Lakeville
Poverty rate	4.6%	3.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1990	1998