Belle Plaine vs Savage

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Plaine and Savage: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Savage has the higher population (32,706 vs 7,401 in Belle Plaine). Savage has the higher median household income ($122,646 vs $96,831 in Belle Plaine). Savage has the higher median home value ($395,600 vs $280,400 in Belle Plaine).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Plaine	Savage
Population	7,401	32,706
Median age	38.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,831	$122,646
Median home value	$280,400	$395,600
Median gross rent	$1,336	$1,608
Housing units	2,696	12,073
Homeownership rate	83.4%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Plaine	Savage
Population	7,093 → 7,401 (+4.3%)	31,254 → 32,706 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$79,513 → $96,831 (+21.8%)	$119,291 → $122,646 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$217,400 → $280,400 (+29.0%)	$307,500 → $395,600 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,336 (+59.0%)	$1,286 → $1,608 (+25.0%)

Belle Plaine

Population

7,0937,401

Median household income

$79,513$96,831

Median home value

$217,400$280,400

Median gross rent

$840$1,336

Savage

Population

31,25432,706

Median household income

$119,291$122,646

Median home value

$307,500$395,600

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Plaine	Savage
Under 5	6.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	21.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	5.9%	8.8%
75 and over	8.9%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Plaine	Savage
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	72.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Plaine	Savage
No high school diploma	9.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	27.0%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Plaine	Savage
Drove alone	81.4%	71.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.2%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	19.7%
Other means	2.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Plaine	Savage
1-unit, detached	80.5%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	19.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	4.3%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Belle Plaine	Savage
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1998	1996