New Prague vs Prior Lake

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

New Prague 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 8,195 in New Prague). Prior Lake has the higher median household income ($130,278 vs $98,424 in New Prague). Prior Lake has the higher median home value ($429,900 vs $323,500 in New Prague).

Population, income & housing

	New Prague	Prior Lake
Population	8,195	27,832
Median age	34.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,424	$130,278
Median home value	$323,500	$429,900
Median gross rent	$1,198	$1,548
Housing units	3,095	10,423
Homeownership rate	77.4%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Prague	Prior Lake
Population	7,899 → 8,195 (+3.7%)	26,365 → 27,832 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$77,949 → $98,424 (+26.3%)	$109,604 → $130,278 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$247,100 → $323,500 (+30.9%)	$322,400 → $429,900 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,198 (+36.1%)	$1,143 → $1,548 (+35.4%)

New Prague

Population

7,8998,195

Median household income

$77,949$98,424

Median home value

$247,100$323,500

Median gross rent

$880$1,198

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)

	New Prague	Prior Lake
Under 5	9.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.9%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	8.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.0%	9.6%
75 and over	9.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Prague	Prior Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	1.7%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Prague	Prior Lake
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	27.8%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Prague	Prior Lake
Drove alone	77.7%	68.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	22.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Prague	Prior Lake
1-unit, detached	67.7%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	17.1%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.2%
20 or more units	7.9%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Prague	Prior Lake
Poverty rate	3.1%	2.9%
Average household size	2.72	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1993	1997