Maple Plain vs Tonka Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Maple Plain and Tonka Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Maple Plain and Tonka Bay are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Maple Plain has the higher population (1,889 vs 1,361 in Tonka Bay). Tonka Bay has the higher median household income ($151,563 vs $93,000 in Maple Plain). Tonka Bay has the higher median home value ($869,900 vs $346,600 in Maple Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Maple Plain	Tonka Bay
Population	1,889	1,361
Median age	36.5 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,000	$151,563
Median home value	$346,600	$869,900
Median gross rent	$1,097	$2,299
Housing units	796	619
Homeownership rate	61.7%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maple Plain	Tonka Bay
Population	1,861 → 1,889 (+1.5%)	1,570 → 1,361 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$66,641 → $93,000 (+39.6%)	$133,000 → $151,563 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$248,900 → $346,600 (+39.3%)	$661,400 → $869,900 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,097 (+19.9%)	$1,667 → $2,299 (+37.9%)

Maple Plain

Population

1,8611,889

Median household income

$66,641$93,000

Median home value

$248,900$346,600

Median gross rent

$915$1,097

Tonka Bay

Population

1,5701,361

Median household income

$133,000$151,563

Median home value

$661,400$869,900

Median gross rent

$1,667$2,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maple Plain	Tonka Bay
Under 5	9.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	3.5%
35 to 44	19.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	25.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	22.0%
75 and over	7.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maple Plain	Tonka Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	91.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maple Plain	Tonka Bay
No high school diploma	3.5%	0.6%
High school graduate	23.3%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	41.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maple Plain	Tonka Bay
Drove alone	74.4%	58.7%
Carpooled	3.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	34.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maple Plain	Tonka Bay
1-unit, detached	61.4%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	24.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maple Plain	Tonka Bay
Poverty rate	10.2%	3.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1975	1980