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2000 Census

Key Facts - Income by Community

• Communities in Hennepin and Washington Counties dominated among the top 20 with the highest median household income in 1999. The only county not represented was Anoka County.

• Among the 20 communities with the lowest median household income in 1999, over half were located in Hennepin County or Anoka County.

• Both Minneapolis and St. Paul were among the 10 communities with the lowest median household income in 1999 and 1989.

• Median household income adjusted for inflation rose fastest from 1989 to 1999 in the following communities with at least 1,000 households in 2000: Chaska, Rogers, Spring Lake Township, Victoria, Waconia and Wayzata. Several of the top 20 communities with the most rapid income growth, such as Rogers, also gained households at a fast pace and stepped up commercial and industrial development.

• Median household income fell in 12 communities after adjustment for inflation from 1989 to 1999. Incomes dropped by over 10 percent in Lauderdale, Spring Lake Park, St. Anthony and St. Mary's Point.

• In over a dozen larger, older suburbs, median income rose sluggishly between 1989 and 1999. After adjusting for inflation, median household income rose by less than 5 percent from 1989 to 1999 in the following communities with a least 5,000 households in 2000: Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Burnsville, Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids, Crystal, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, New Brighton, Roseville and West St. Paul.

• Many of the larger communities with stagnant or declining incomes experienced slow rates of household growth over the decade. (Coon Rapids, Burnsville and Maplewood are exceptions.) A number of these communities are starting to reinvest in smart growth developments, such as Burnsville.

• Affluent households concentrated in Minnetonka Beach, Woodland, Sunfish Lake, North Oaks, and Dellwood in 1999. In each community, the share of households with an income of at least $200,000 exceeded 30 percent.

• The vast majority of lower income households concentrated in Minneapolis and St. Paul. In the central cities, more than 30 percent of households reported an income less than $25,000 in 1999. Small communities with a similarly high share of lower income households included Hilltop, Landfall, Lauderdale and New Germany.