Golden Valley vs Robbinsdale

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

Golden Valley and Robbinsdale 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 14,318 in Robbinsdale). Golden Valley has the higher median household income ($114,435 vs $84,719 in Robbinsdale). Golden Valley has the higher median home value ($423,500 vs $280,400 in Robbinsdale).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Valley	Robbinsdale
Population	21,927	14,318
Median age	44.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$114,435	$84,719
Median home value	$423,500	$280,400
Median gross rent	$1,815	$1,582
Housing units	10,302	6,639
Homeownership rate	70.0%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Valley	Robbinsdale
Population	21,566 → 21,927 (+1.7%)	14,468 → 14,318 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$98,058 → $114,435 (+16.7%)	$70,348 → $84,719 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$304,700 → $423,500 (+39.0%)	$201,100 → $280,400 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,349 → $1,815 (+34.5%)	$982 → $1,582 (+61.1%)

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

Robbinsdale

Population

14,46814,318

Median household income

$70,348$84,719

Median home value

$201,100$280,400

Median gross rent

$982$1,582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Valley	Robbinsdale
Under 5	4.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	18.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.1%
75 and over	10.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Valley	Robbinsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	64.3%
Black or African American	6.9%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Valley	Robbinsdale
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	13.7%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Valley	Robbinsdale
Drove alone	66.6%	71.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.9%
Public transit	2.5%	2.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	25.9%	17.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Valley	Robbinsdale
1-unit, detached	63.1%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	5.3%
20 or more units	23.4%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Golden Valley	Robbinsdale
Poverty rate	8.1%	11.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1966	1957