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A town of 36,873, settled in 1852.
Inver Grove Heights’s strongest is incomes — the median household earns $101K. The town’s overall A puts it 89th of 271 in Minnesota. Nationally, it does better than 87% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $373K, 3.7 years of the Minneapolis metro’s $100K median household income. Health is a strength too: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 86% of the country. This Minnesota town is home to Inver Hills Community College. Reuben Freeman House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 9 of the 274 Minnesota towns we compare have a higher January low than Inver Grove Heights.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places · NOAA normals, 1991–2020.
Where Inver Grove Heights beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Inver Grove Heights | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.9% | 8.9% |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Inver Grove Heights is from typical.
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Census counts: 646 in 1860, 35,801 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1874 and 5 maps from 1896 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Inver Grove Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
8 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
13 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
15 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
9 mi Theme parkNickelodeon Universe
7 mi LandmarkFort SnellingU.S. Bank Stadium: Darb02, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grand Casino Arena: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Huntington Bank Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Target Field: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nickelodeon Universe: Tyler Vigen, CC BY 4.0 · Fort Snelling: en:User:The Statue With The Dictionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Inver Grove Heights, 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 Inver Grove Heights.
Inver Grove Heights has seen reported crime fall by a third or more and has cooler summers than most of the country, though not than most of Minnesota.
For adults in Inver Grove Heights, the share who feel lonely is 29%. 14% of adults report frequent mental distress here, below both the Minnesota town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (17%).
| Inver Grove Heights | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Inver Grove Heights | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.9% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 11.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Below: Three of its 11 schools, each with why it was picked. The public schools here belong to the Inver Grove Heights Schools. The 6 public schools in Inver Grove Heights teach 1,730 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inver Grove Heights MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 817 | C |
| Simley Senior HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,030 | C+ |
| Atheneum ElementaryTop results in townGrades 2–5 | Grades 2–5 | 69 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
The biggest park or preserve is Pine Bend Bluff SNA, at 375 acres. In 20 parks and preserves, walkers have 17 miles of trail. The trail network density for Inver Grove Heights comes to 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Inver Grove Heights | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.4% | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harmon Park Reserve | 2.5 mi | 43 |
| 2. Salem Hills Park | 1.8 mi | 42 |
| 3. Heritage Village Park | 0.8 mi | 56 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The top destinations are St. Paul (14%), Minneapolis (12%) and Eagan (8%). Jobs based in Inver Grove Heights grew to 9,540 in 2023, 1,796 more than in 2013. Nearly a quarter of workers work remotely from home in the town, against 14% in Minnesota’s towns and 11% across U.S. towns. Also worth knowing: in Inver Grove Heights, 4.9% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Inver Grove Heights | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 24% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 7.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Since 2001, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Inver Grove Heights. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. Two fifths of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 25%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Inver Grove Heights once, in 2012.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons average 82.2°: cooler than most of the country, but hotter than 81% of Minnesota places with climate records; January nights average 7.2°.
Inver Grove Heights’ January low stands at 7°F. About 51 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Inver Grove Heights | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 7°F | 6°F | 22°F |
| July high | 82°F | 82°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A bachelor’s degree or higher: 44% of adults 25 and older, vs 39% across Minnesota. Adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide). Among residents in Inver Grove Heights, 21% are under 18. Since 2020, Inver Grove Heights has grown 3%, to 36,873 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Inver Grove Heights | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 44% | 33% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.6 years | 39.9 years | 40.5 years |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.6 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 41.9, men 41.1.
| Inver Grove Heights | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.4% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.9% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.4% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.5% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.2% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.2% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.8% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.6% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.5% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Reported crimes fell from 706 to 444 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
In Inver Grove Heights, the rate of thefts and burglaries is 10.6 per 1,000 residents. Inver Grove Heights’ level of violent crime comes in at 1.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Inver Grove Heights | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.7 per 1,000 residents | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 10.6 per 1,000 residents | 8.6 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
A typical home here is worth about $373,000, up 1.7% in a year, 7% above the Minnesota typical home. Inver Grove Heights’ midpoint rent is $1,465 a month. Homes sold in Inver Grove Heights spent a median 37 days on the market.
| Inver Grove Heights | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,465 a month | $1,192 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
23 within 15 miles of the center of Inver Grove Heights
About 4 of every 100 Inver Grove Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
Where Inver Grove Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 notable people were born in Inver Grove Heights.
City in Minnesota, United States
Inver Grove Heights is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 35,801 at the 2020 census. The city was formed on March 9, 1965, with the merger of the village of Inver Grove and Inver Grove Township. It is one of 186 cities and townships in the seven-county Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. Inver Grove Heights is 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Saint Paul; nearby communities are South St. Paul, West St. Paul, Sunfish Lake, Eagan, Newport, and Saint Paul Park (the last two across the Mississippi River).
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9 towns share a border with Inver Grove Heights.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inver Grove Heights | #89 | A | C+ | C+ | B+ | A |
| South St. Paul | #206 | B | B | C+ | C | B+ |
| Eagan | #108 | A− | C | C+ | B+ | A |
| Sunfish Lake | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| West St. Paul | #217 | B− | B− | D | B | B+ |
| Grey Cloud Island Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Paul Park | #77 | A | B− | B | A− | B+ |
| Cottage Grove | #50 | A | C | A− | A− | A |
Sunfish Lake and Grey Cloud Island Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Inver Grove Heights with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Inver Grove Heights grades A overall, better than 87% of U.S. towns and #89 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades A for health, C+ for safety and B+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
3 notable people were born here, including Michael Busch and Greg Kerkvliet.
