Eden Prairie vs Plymouth

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (79,526 vs 63,249 in Eden Prairie). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($133,865 vs $127,732 in Eden Prairie). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($474,700 vs $463,300 in Eden Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Eden Prairie	Plymouth
Population	63,249	79,526
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$127,732	$133,865
Median home value	$463,300	$474,700
Median gross rent	$1,761	$1,705
Housing units	26,363	33,718
Homeownership rate	75.6%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eden Prairie	Plymouth
Population	64,179 → 63,249 (-1.4%)	78,134 → 79,526 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$111,981 → $127,732 (+14.1%)	$105,958 → $133,865 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$368,100 → $463,300 (+25.9%)	$351,700 → $474,700 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $1,761 (+25.6%)	$1,355 → $1,705 (+25.8%)

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

Plymouth

Population

78,13479,526

Median household income

$105,958$133,865

Median home value

$351,700$474,700

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eden Prairie	Plymouth
Under 5	5.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.2%
75 and over	4.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eden Prairie	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	73.2%
Black or African American	7.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	13.6%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eden Prairie	Plymouth
No high school diploma	3.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	9.8%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.4%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eden Prairie	Plymouth
Drove alone	63.0%	65.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.5%
Public transit	2.4%	1.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	25.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eden Prairie	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	53.7%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	21.5%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	15.2%	19.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eden Prairie	Plymouth
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1988	1987