Minneapolis vs Plymouth

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

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

Minneapolis has the higher population (426,845 vs 79,526 in Plymouth). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($133,865 vs $80,269 in Minneapolis). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($474,700 vs $345,600 in Minneapolis).

Population, income & housing

	Minneapolis	Plymouth
Population	426,845	79,526
Median age	33.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,269	$133,865
Median home value	$345,600	$474,700
Median gross rent	$1,329	$1,705
Housing units	203,217	33,718
Homeownership rate	48.0%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minneapolis	Plymouth
Population	420,324 → 426,845 (+1.6%)	78,134 → 79,526 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$62,583 → $80,269 (+28.3%)	$105,958 → $133,865 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$251,600 → $345,600 (+37.4%)	$351,700 → $474,700 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,329 (+29.4%)	$1,355 → $1,705 (+25.8%)

Minneapolis

Population

420,324426,845

Median household income

$62,583$80,269

Median home value

$251,600$345,600

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,329

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)

	Minneapolis	Plymouth
Under 5	5.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	13.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	21.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.2%
75 and over	3.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minneapolis	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	73.2%
Black or African American	18.1%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	5.2%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minneapolis	Plymouth
No high school diploma	8.9%	2.0%
High school graduate	13.8%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minneapolis	Plymouth
Drove alone	53.4%	65.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.5%
Public transit	7.5%	1.1%
Walked	6.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.3%	25.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minneapolis	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	40.5%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	32.2%	19.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Minneapolis	Plymouth
Poverty rate	16.4%	4.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1950	1987