Eden Prairie vs Minneapolis

A side-by-side comparison of Eden Prairie and Minneapolis: population, income, housing, and more.

Eden Prairie and Minneapolis are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Minneapolis has the higher population (426,845 vs 63,249 in Eden Prairie). Eden Prairie has the higher median household income ($127,732 vs $80,269 in Minneapolis). Eden Prairie has the higher median home value ($463,300 vs $345,600 in Minneapolis).

Population, income & housing

	Eden Prairie	Minneapolis
Population	63,249	426,845
Median age	40.5 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$127,732	$80,269
Median home value	$463,300	$345,600
Median gross rent	$1,761	$1,329
Housing units	26,363	203,217
Homeownership rate	75.6%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eden Prairie	Minneapolis
Population	64,179 → 63,249 (-1.4%)	420,324 → 426,845 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$111,981 → $127,732 (+14.1%)	$62,583 → $80,269 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$368,100 → $463,300 (+25.9%)	$251,600 → $345,600 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $1,761 (+25.6%)	$1,027 → $1,329 (+29.4%)

Eden Prairie

Population

64,17963,249

Median household income

$111,981$127,732

Median home value

$368,100$463,300

Median gross rent

$1,402$1,761

Minneapolis

Population

420,324426,845

Median household income

$62,583$80,269

Median home value

$251,600$345,600

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,329

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eden Prairie	Minneapolis
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	13.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	21.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.0%
75 and over	4.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eden Prairie	Minneapolis
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	59.5%
Black or African American	7.0%	18.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	13.6%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eden Prairie	Minneapolis
No high school diploma	3.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	9.8%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	39.4%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eden Prairie	Minneapolis
Drove alone	63.0%	53.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.9%
Public transit	2.4%	7.5%
Walked	0.6%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.3%
Worked from home	27.5%	23.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eden Prairie	Minneapolis
1-unit, detached	53.7%	40.5%
1-unit, attached	21.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	15.2%	32.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Eden Prairie	Minneapolis
Poverty rate	6.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1988	1950