Jordan vs Prior Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Jordan and Prior Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prior Lake has the higher population (27,832 vs 6,704 in Jordan). Prior Lake has the higher median household income ($130,278 vs $110,139 in Jordan). Prior Lake has the higher median home value ($429,900 vs $319,000 in Jordan).

Population, income & housing

	Jordan	Prior Lake
Population	6,704	27,832
Median age	35.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$110,139	$130,278
Median home value	$319,000	$429,900
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,548
Housing units	2,151	10,423
Homeownership rate	86.4%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jordan	Prior Lake
Population	6,230 → 6,704 (+7.6%)	26,365 → 27,832 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$74,167 → $110,139 (+48.5%)	$109,604 → $130,278 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$235,900 → $319,000 (+35.2%)	$322,400 → $429,900 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,102 (-0.7%)	$1,143 → $1,548 (+35.4%)

Jordan

Population

6,2306,704

Median household income

$74,167$110,139

Median home value

$235,900$319,000

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,102

Prior Lake

Population

26,36527,832

Median household income

$109,604$130,278

Median home value

$322,400$429,900

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jordan	Prior Lake
Under 5	4.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	31.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	22.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	3.2%	9.6%
75 and over	1.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jordan	Prior Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	81.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	1.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jordan	Prior Lake
No high school diploma	11.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	20.2%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jordan	Prior Lake
Drove alone	77.9%	68.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.3%	1.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	22.0%
Other means	1.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jordan	Prior Lake
1-unit, detached	70.9%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	17.1%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.2%
20 or more units	3.3%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jordan	Prior Lake
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.9%
Average household size	3.23	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1998	1997