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A city of 63,075, settled in 1855.
Because it does well by almost any measure. Eden Prairie earns an A, 54th among Minnesota's 271 graded towns. It is among the healthiest towns in the country on CDC estimates, the median household earns $130K, and its public schools beat 91% of Minnesota towns on state tests and graduation. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $500K for a typical one and 5 times the Minneapolis metro’s $100K median household income. 65% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Eden Prairie, against 33% in Minnesota’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Only 15 of Minnesota’s 575 towns score higher on the outdoors. Eden Prairie has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Shakopee Historic District and Glen Lake Children's Camp.
Where Eden Prairie beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Eden Prairie | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.7% | 5.4% |
Where Eden Prairie’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Eden Prairie is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 304 in 1860, 64,198 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and 7 maps from 1896 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Eden Prairie. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
4 mi Theme parkValleyfair
13 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
14 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
8 mi LakeLake Minnetonka
19 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino ArenaU.S. Bank Stadium: Darb02, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Valleyfair: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clumpinglitter/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Target Field: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Huntington Bank Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Minnetonka: Dan, CC BY 2.0 · Grand Casino Arena: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eden Prairie, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Eden Prairie.
Eden Prairie reports less crime than Shakopee or any other graded neighbor, draws workers from Minneapolis and beyond and has cooler summers than most of the country, though not than most of Minnesota.
37 miles of trail in 34 parks and preserves. The trail density in Eden Prairie is 1.1 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Anderson Lakes, 464 acres with 1.2 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area | 3 mi | 123 |
| 2. Bryant Lake Regional Park | 2.8 mi | 186 |
| 3. Edenbrook Conservation Area | 2.4 mi | 254 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Eden Prairie Public School District. Three of its 25 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,860 | A− |
| Eden Prairie Senior HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,844 | A |
| Prairie View ElementaryTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 628 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
24% of Eden Prairie adults have obesity. Eden Prairie beats the Minnesota average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 7.3% of Eden Prairie adults have diabetes.
| Eden Prairie | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 12% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Eden Prairie | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.7% | 5.4% |
| Fewer smokers | 9% | 13.1% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 73.2% | 76.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
65,891 jobs are based in Eden Prairie, 2.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 50,198 in 2013 to 65,891.
Most working residents leave Eden Prairie for work: only 19% work in town. 32% of workers work from home in Eden Prairie. Jobs based in Eden Prairie grew to 65,891 in 2023, 15,693 more than in 2013.
| Eden Prairie | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 32% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $130,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 9.7% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.6% | 7.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median property tax bill is $5,158, against $3,357 across Minnesota, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Eden Prairie’s median rent is $1,833 a month. The typical Eden Prairie home is worth about $500,000, up 2.5% in a year, 43% above the Minnesota typical home.
| Eden Prairie | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,833 a month | $1,192 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 42% | 48% | 48% |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
July afternoons average 82.5°: cooler than most of the country, but hotter than 90% of Minnesota places with climate records; January nights average 6.8°.
Eden Prairie has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. About 54 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Eden Prairie | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 7°F | 6°F | 22°F |
| July high | 83°F | 82°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Eden Prairie.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its B tops all 4 graded towns on its borders; Shakopee (B−) comes closest. Reported crimes fell from 894 to 698 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
17 within 15 miles of the center of Eden Prairie
About 5 of every 100 Eden Prairie residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Minnesota.
15.8% of the town is conserved land, across 34 parks and preserves.
3 places in Eden Prairie on the National Register of Historic Places.
17 notable people were born in Eden Prairie.
City in Minnesota, United States
Eden Prairie is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It had a population of 64,198 at the 2020 census, making it the 16th-largest city in the state. The city is adjacent to the north bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River, about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of downtown Minneapolis. Set in the Twin Cities' second ring suburbs, the community was designed as a mixed-income city model and is home to numerous commercial firms, including the headquarters of SuperValu, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Winnebago Industries, Starkey Hearing Technologies, Lifetouch Inc., SABIS, and MTS Systems Corporation. It contains the Eden Prairie Center mall an…
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5 towns share a border with Eden Prairie.
It grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Chanhassen (A) comes closest.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Prairie | #54 | A | C− | B | A | A+ |
| Shakopee | #150 | B+ | C+ | B− | B+ | A− |
| Minnetonka | #75 | A | C− | B− | A | A+ |
| Bloomington | #225 | B− | C | D | C+ | A |
| Chanhassen | #72 | A | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Edina | #79 | A | D | B− | A+ | A+ |
Chanhassen reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Eden Prairie with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Eden Prairie grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #54 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades A+ for health, B for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
17 notable people were born here, including Jackson LaCombe and Nick Leddy.
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