Prior Lake vs Shakopee

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

Prior Lake 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 27,832 in Prior Lake). Prior Lake has the higher median household income ($130,278 vs $110,989 in Shakopee). Prior Lake has the higher median home value ($429,900 vs $361,400 in Shakopee).

Population, income & housing

	Prior Lake	Shakopee
Population	27,832	45,002
Median age	39.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$130,278	$110,989
Median home value	$429,900	$361,400
Median gross rent	$1,548	$1,495
Housing units	10,423	16,491
Homeownership rate	85.6%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.5%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prior Lake	Shakopee
Population	26,365 → 27,832 (+5.6%)	40,731 → 45,002 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$109,604 → $130,278 (+18.9%)	$87,719 → $110,989 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$322,400 → $429,900 (+33.3%)	$265,500 → $361,400 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,143 → $1,548 (+35.4%)	$1,211 → $1,495 (+23.5%)

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

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)

	Prior Lake	Shakopee
Under 5	5.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.8%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.3%
75 and over	5.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prior Lake	Shakopee
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	63.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.7%
Asian	5.5%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prior Lake	Shakopee
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	13.7%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prior Lake	Shakopee
Drove alone	68.1%	72.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	22.0%	16.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prior Lake	Shakopee
1-unit, detached	71.1%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	17.1%	20.9%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	9.5%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Prior Lake	Shakopee
Poverty rate	2.9%	5.1%
Average household size	2.74	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1997	1998