Prior Lake vs Savage

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

Prior Lake 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 27,832 in Prior Lake). Prior Lake has the higher median household income ($130,278 vs $122,646 in Savage). Prior Lake has the higher median home value ($429,900 vs $395,600 in Savage).

Population, income & housing

	Prior Lake	Savage
Population	27,832	32,706
Median age	39.7 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$130,278	$122,646
Median home value	$429,900	$395,600
Median gross rent	$1,548	$1,608
Housing units	10,423	12,073
Homeownership rate	85.6%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.5%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prior Lake	Savage
Population	26,365 → 27,832 (+5.6%)	31,254 → 32,706 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$109,604 → $130,278 (+18.9%)	$119,291 → $122,646 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$322,400 → $429,900 (+33.3%)	$307,500 → $395,600 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,143 → $1,548 (+35.4%)	$1,286 → $1,608 (+25.0%)

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

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)

	Prior Lake	Savage
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.8%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.8%
75 and over	5.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prior Lake	Savage
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	72.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.2%
Asian	5.5%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prior Lake	Savage
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	13.7%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prior Lake	Savage
Drove alone	68.1%	71.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.2%
Public transit	1.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	19.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prior Lake	Savage
1-unit, detached	71.1%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	17.1%	19.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.7%
20 or more units	9.5%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Prior Lake	Savage
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.8%
Average household size	2.74	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1997	1996