Eden Prairie vs Minnetonka

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

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

Eden Prairie has the higher population (63,249 vs 53,256 in Minnetonka). Eden Prairie has the higher median household income ($127,732 vs $120,496 in Minnetonka). Eden Prairie has the higher median home value ($463,300 vs $456,200 in Minnetonka).

Population, income & housing

	Eden Prairie	Minnetonka
Population	63,249	53,256
Median age	40.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$127,732	$120,496
Median home value	$463,300	$456,200
Median gross rent	$1,761	$1,758
Housing units	26,363	24,595
Homeownership rate	75.6%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	63.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eden Prairie	Minnetonka
Population	64,179 → 63,249 (-1.4%)	53,025 → 53,256 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$111,981 → $127,732 (+14.1%)	$95,630 → $120,496 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$368,100 → $463,300 (+25.9%)	$347,900 → $456,200 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $1,761 (+25.6%)	$1,428 → $1,758 (+23.1%)

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

Minnetonka

Population

53,02553,256

Median household income

$95,630$120,496

Median home value

$347,900$456,200

Median gross rent

$1,428$1,758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eden Prairie	Minnetonka
Under 5	5.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.3%
75 and over	4.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eden Prairie	Minnetonka
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	80.8%
Black or African American	7.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	13.6%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eden Prairie	Minnetonka
No high school diploma	3.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	9.8%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	39.4%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eden Prairie	Minnetonka
Drove alone	63.0%	66.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.7%
Public transit	2.4%	0.9%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	27.5%	25.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eden Prairie	Minnetonka
1-unit, detached	53.7%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	21.5%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	15.2%	31.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eden Prairie	Minnetonka
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1988	1980