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Place dossier plate
SheetMN-SHAKOPEE-MN · Shakopee, MN 45,002 pop · income 84th pct · 32 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Shakopee
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Shakopee on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Sherman · lowest
60,935
Sherman · lowest
60,935 median HH income
47.2% of the leader · rank #1
Shakopee · this city
110,989
Shakopee · this city
110,989 median HH income
85.9% of the leader · rank #2
Edgewater · near
111,000
Edgewater · near
111,000 median HH income
85.9% of the leader · rank #3
Riverview Park · near
111,000
Riverview Park · near
111,000 median HH income
85.9% of the leader · rank #4
Liberty Hill · near
111,000
Liberty Hill · near
111,000 median HH income
85.9% of the leader · rank #5
Nahant · near
111,004
Nahant · near
111,004 median HH income
85.9% of the leader · rank #6
Edina · highest
129,225
Edina · highest
129,225 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Shakopee on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 45,002.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Shakopee - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Shakopee places in the 84th percentile for household income and the 53rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
84th
percentile, household income
73rd
percentile, home value
36th
percentile, median rent
53rd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Shakopee, MN
Shakopee is a small city in Minnesota, home to 45,002 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Shakopee report a median income of $110,989 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.8%. Typical homes in Shakopee are valued around $361,400, and the median resident age is 35.5 years. 39.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 73.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 369 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 53% from five years earlier. Shakopee reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1274.9 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Minnesota tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 98.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,125 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Minnesota run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 18.4 minutes, with 72.5% driving alone and 16.9% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 42.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Shakopee's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist to population change to within-city variation to schools and households to housing and income to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Shakopee, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Shakopee?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 18.4 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Shakopee?
Within Minnesota, the closest population matches are Mankato (44,882 residents, $64,826 income); Moorhead (44,706 residents, $69,371 income); Maplewood (40,981 residents, $88,534 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Palm Springs, CA (44,998 residents); Lake Ridge, VA (45,007 residents); Clermont, FL (44,984 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Is Shakopee growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +5,286 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +12.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 369 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 32 Census tracts to this city.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Shakopee?
The NCES join finds 19 public schools within the city match. 39.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
19
Bachelor's degree+
39.9%
Poverty estimate
2.8%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Shakopee?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$110,989
Home value
$361,400
Value / income
3.3×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Shakopee?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1274.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 44% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1158.8
Violent rate
116.1
Total reported rate
1274.9
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Minnesota average
B
City profile score · Shakopee, MN
70/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A-
$110,989
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B+
39.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime B-
116 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living D
98.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Shakopee profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 82/100 (A-) · $110,989
Poverty rate: 80/100 (A-) · 2.8%
Bachelor's+ share: 75/100 (B+) · 39.9%
Violent crime: 67/100 (B-) · 116 /100k
Cost of living: 46/100 (D) · 98.6 index
Where Shakopee sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Shakopee's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Shakopee highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Shakopee, MN (this city): home $361,400, crime 1,275/100k
Palm Springs, CA : home $567,300, crime 3,817/100k
Sherman, TX : home $219,300, crime 2,266/100k
Riverton, UT : home $543,900, crime 968/100k
Mankato, MN : home $250,600, crime 2,865/100k
Moorhead, MN : home $246,300, crime 2,041/100k
Maplewood, MN : home $291,300, crime 3,169/100k
St. Louis Park, MN : home $371,600, crime 3,507/100k
Cottage Grove, MN : home $359,600, crime 721/100k
Edina, MN : home $624,000, crime 1,563/100k
How does Shakopee compare to other US cities?
Where Shakopee sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income84% higher than other cities
Home value73% pricier than other cities
Median rent36% pricier than other cities
Safety53% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Minnesota alone, Shakopee ranks #143 of 229 Minnesota cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Shakopee against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Minnesota only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Minnesota-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Shakopee near the bottom of Minnesota's cities
Among the 785 Minnesota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Shakopee ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Shakopee only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#89 of 775
89th percentile in Minnesota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 785
0th percentile in Minnesota
Median Home Value
#85 of 774
89th percentile in Minnesota
Poverty Rate
#549 of 785
29th percentile in Minnesota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#110 of 784
86th percentile in Minnesota
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Minnesota only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
84th percentile nationally for median household income · 53rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Shakopee's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Shakopee's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Shakopee's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$361,40027th percentilemore affordable than 27% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Shakopee's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,934 of 15,516
More affordable than 49% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,241 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.3×, Shakopee sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,934 of 15,516 and #1,241 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$110,989Shakopee, MN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Shakopee, MN median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Shakopee, MN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)39.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)73.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
45,002
Median Income
$110,989
Median Home Value
$361,400
Median Age
35.5
Poverty Rate
2.8%
Labor force participation
73.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
39.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1274.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
116.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1158.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
19
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Shakopee's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
44,080 residents
2021
44,562 residents
2022
45,868 residents
2023
47,253 residents
2024
48,465 residents
2025
49,366 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
369
housing units authorized
Single-Family
353
detached homes
Multifamily
16
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
8.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
783
140
643
$168.2M
2020
165
165
0
$60.8M
2021
593
154
439
$132.9M
2022
725
200
525
$187.6M
2023
572
131
441
$157.0M
2024
369
353
16
$158.2M
Permit volume decreased 53% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
18.4 minutes
Drive Alone
72.5%
Carpool
8.8%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
0.7%
Work from Home
16.9%
Other
0.8%
Based on 25,359 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Minnesota statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Minnesota at $225 (electricity about $95 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Minnesota statewide averages, not a meter reading for Shakopee. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Minnesota's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Shakopee is $1,125/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Minnesota statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 42.4 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Minnesota statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Shakopee sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Shakopee compares to similar-size Minnesota cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.