Inver Grove Heights vs Rosemount

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

Inver Grove Heights and Rosemount 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 26,509 in Rosemount). Rosemount has the higher median household income ($127,247 vs $104,055 in Inver Grove Heights). Rosemount has the higher median home value ($406,100 vs $352,300 in Inver Grove Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Inver Grove Heights	Rosemount
Population	35,772	26,509
Median age	41.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,055	$127,247
Median home value	$352,300	$406,100
Median gross rent	$1,447	$1,614
Housing units	14,913	9,797
Homeownership rate	75.5%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inver Grove Heights	Rosemount
Population	35,320 → 35,772 (+1.3%)	24,292 → 26,509 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$78,347 → $104,055 (+32.8%)	$104,743 → $127,247 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$254,500 → $352,300 (+38.4%)	$279,000 → $406,100 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,447 (+26.7%)	$1,218 → $1,614 (+32.5%)

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

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)

	Inver Grove Heights	Rosemount
Under 5	4.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.5%
75 and over	5.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inver Grove Heights	Rosemount
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	82.1%
Black or African American	5.2%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inver Grove Heights	Rosemount
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	22.5%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inver Grove Heights	Rosemount
Drove alone	67.2%	67.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.5%
Public transit	2.3%	1.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	21.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inver Grove Heights	Rosemount
1-unit, detached	54.2%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	20.7%	20.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.0%
20 or more units	13.2%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Inver Grove Heights	Rosemount
Poverty rate	4.6%	2.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1990	2000