New Prague vs Shakopee

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

New Prague 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 8,195 in New Prague). Shakopee has the higher median household income ($110,989 vs $98,424 in New Prague). Shakopee has the higher median home value ($361,400 vs $323,500 in New Prague).

Population, income & housing

	New Prague	Shakopee
Population	8,195	45,002
Median age	34.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,424	$110,989
Median home value	$323,500	$361,400
Median gross rent	$1,198	$1,495
Housing units	3,095	16,491
Homeownership rate	77.4%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Prague	Shakopee
Population	7,899 → 8,195 (+3.7%)	40,731 → 45,002 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$77,949 → $98,424 (+26.3%)	$87,719 → $110,989 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$247,100 → $323,500 (+30.9%)	$265,500 → $361,400 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,198 (+36.1%)	$1,211 → $1,495 (+23.5%)

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

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)

	New Prague	Shakopee
Under 5	9.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.9%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	8.2%	8.8%
65 to 74	6.0%	6.3%
75 and over	9.7%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Prague	Shakopee
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	63.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	1.7%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Prague	Shakopee
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	27.8%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Prague	Shakopee
Drove alone	77.7%	72.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.5%	16.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Prague	Shakopee
1-unit, detached	67.7%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	20.9%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	7.9%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	New Prague	Shakopee
Poverty rate	3.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1993	1998