Belle Plaine vs Shakopee

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

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

Shakopee has the higher population (45,002 vs 7,401 in Belle Plaine). Shakopee has the higher median household income ($110,989 vs $96,831 in Belle Plaine). Shakopee has the higher median home value ($361,400 vs $280,400 in Belle Plaine).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Plaine	Shakopee
Population	7,401	45,002
Median age	38.2 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,831	$110,989
Median home value	$280,400	$361,400
Median gross rent	$1,336	$1,495
Housing units	2,696	16,491
Homeownership rate	83.4%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Plaine	Shakopee
Population	7,093 → 7,401 (+4.3%)	40,731 → 45,002 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$79,513 → $96,831 (+21.8%)	$87,719 → $110,989 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$217,400 → $280,400 (+29.0%)	$265,500 → $361,400 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,336 (+59.0%)	$1,211 → $1,495 (+23.5%)

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

Shakopee

Population

40,73145,002

Median household income

$87,719$110,989

Median home value

$265,500$361,400

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,495

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Plaine	Shakopee
Under 5	6.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	6.3%
75 and over	8.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Plaine	Shakopee
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	63.6%
Black or African American	3.6%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Plaine	Shakopee
No high school diploma	9.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	27.0%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Plaine	Shakopee
Drove alone	81.4%	72.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.8%	16.9%
Other means	2.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Plaine	Shakopee
1-unit, detached	80.5%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	20.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	4.3%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Belle Plaine	Shakopee
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1998	1998