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Apple Valley city, Dakota County, MN

55,679 Population
16.9 square miles 3,300.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Dakota County: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$50,382 ±$2,231 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Dakota County: $52,084 ±$751
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
$97,673 ±$4,987 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dakota County: $106,318 ±$1,455
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409

6% ±1.4% (3,301  ±794) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Dakota County: 5.9% 25,893 (±0.4% / ±1,769)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)

24.6 minutes ±1.5 (539,005  ±40,937) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Dakota County: 23.7 4,400,030 (±0.4 / ±92,708)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)

Families

21,627 ±512 Number of households
  • Dakota County: 174,362 ±654
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
2.6 ±0.1 (55,220  ±46) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Dakota County: 2.5 442,378 (±0 / ±43)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148

6.8% ±1.9% (858  ±243) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Dakota County: 5.2% 5,247 (±0.5% / ±503)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)

Housing

22,013 ±541 Number of housing units
  • Dakota County: 178,879 ±128
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535

$370,400 ±$7,303 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Dakota County: $381,000 ±$3,081
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903

11.6% ±1.9% (6,392  ±1,015) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Dakota County: 11% 48,629 (±0.6% / ±2,479.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)

Social

95% ±3.2% (35,843  ±1,378.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dakota County: 95.2% 289,704 (±1.2% / ±3,691.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
45.9% ±2.2% (17,320  ±887.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dakota County: 45% 137,130 (±0.8% / ±2,377.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.7% ±1.4% (6,512  ±800) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dakota County: 10.1% 45,213
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722

5.8% ±0.9% (2,414  ±362) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Dakota County: 5.9% 20,077 (±0.3% / ±965)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
2,414 Total veterans ±362 2,116 Male ±306 298 Female ±113

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