Golden Valley vs Hopkins

A side-by-side comparison of Golden Valley and Hopkins: population, income, housing, and more.

Golden Valley and Hopkins are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Golden Valley has the higher population (21,927 vs 18,696 in Hopkins). Golden Valley has the higher median household income ($114,435 vs $71,170 in Hopkins). Golden Valley has the higher median home value ($423,500 vs $350,100 in Hopkins).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Valley	Hopkins
Population	21,927	18,696
Median age	44.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$114,435	$71,170
Median home value	$423,500	$350,100
Median gross rent	$1,815	$1,346
Housing units	10,302	10,105
Homeownership rate	70.0%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Valley	Hopkins
Population	21,566 → 21,927 (+1.7%)	18,382 → 18,696 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$98,058 → $114,435 (+16.7%)	$56,390 → $71,170 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$304,700 → $423,500 (+39.0%)	$227,500 → $350,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,349 → $1,815 (+34.5%)	$1,032 → $1,346 (+30.4%)

Golden Valley

Population

21,56621,927

Median household income

$98,058$114,435

Median home value

$304,700$423,500

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,815

Hopkins

Population

18,38218,696

Median household income

$56,390$71,170

Median home value

$227,500$350,100

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,346

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Valley	Hopkins
Under 5	4.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	13.9%	10.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	22.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.3%
75 and over	10.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Valley	Hopkins
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	63.2%
Black or African American	6.9%	19.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.9%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Valley	Hopkins
No high school diploma	3.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	13.7%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Valley	Hopkins
Drove alone	66.6%	65.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.1%
Public transit	2.5%	3.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	25.9%	18.8%
Other means	0.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Valley	Hopkins
1-unit, detached	63.1%	30.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	17.3%
20 or more units	23.4%	39.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Golden Valley	Hopkins
Poverty rate	8.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.22	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1966	1973