City · Carver County, Minnesota

Chanhassen, Minnesota

Chanhassen is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area. It has 26,006 residents. Chanhassen, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 100 out of 100 (very high), ranking #32 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Minnesota it ranks #3 of 364 cities and towns. It ranks best on child poverty rate (low), voter turnout (high) and high school diploma or higher (high). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), comfortable days (low) and public EV charging ports (low).

100Very high

Quality-of-life score: #32 of 15,651 cities and towns
Minnesota: #3 of 364 in MN
Population: 26,006 (2020-2024)
Land area: 20 mi²
Density: 1,277.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 2710918

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety99#89/15,637
Economy92#1,179/15,631
Housing61#5,790/14,977
Health97#520/15,609
Healthcare92#1,322/15,650
Environment96#543/15,453
Education98#283/15,649
Infrastructure97#449/15,650
Community100#42/15,651
Leisure & amenities53#7,368/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Chanhassen, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Carver County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Child poverty rate · low1.8%
100/100Minnesota 9.6%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Voter turnout · high87.1%
100/100Minnesota 77.0%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionCarver County value
High school diploma or higher · high97.8%
99/100Minnesota 93.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Food environment index · high9.8
99/100Minnesota 9.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarver County value
Math scores · high3.61
99/100Minnesota 3.30United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarver County value
Premature death · low3,993 /100k
99/100Minnesota 6,407 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarver County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
12/100Minnesota 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarver County value
Comfortable days · low23.6%
16/100Minnesota 23.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCarver County value
Public EV charging ports · low1.8 /10k
19/100Minnesota 5.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyCarver County value
Restaurants and bars · low6.5 /10k
25/100Minnesota 8.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarver County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.456
28/100Minnesota 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Dentists · low50 /100k
32/100Minnesota 78 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarver County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
8.1 /1k (2021) → 17.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+120%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.1× (2015-2019) → 3.9× (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$124,125 (2015-2019) → $143,651 (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
45.3% (2015-2019) → 48.4% (2020-2024)
+3.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Public transit commutersWorsening
3.1% (2015-2019) → 0.8% (2020-2024)
−2.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
94.5% (2015-2019) → 96.5% (2020-2024)
+2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Chanhassen, Minnesota improved on 2 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 9 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+16%$124,125 → $143,651
Broadband+2 points94.5% → 96.5%

Declined3

Unemployment+1.5 points1.8% → 3.2%
Price / income+0.9×3.1× → 3.9×
Transit use−2.3 points3.1% → 0.8%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Chanhassen, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.6 min2015-2019	22.3 min2020-2024	−2.3 min	Within the margin of error	73%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%2015-2019	64.1%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Broadband subscriptions	94.5%2015-2019	96.5%2020-2024	+2 points	Improved	15%
Child poverty rate	2.7%2015-2019	1.8%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Effective property tax rate	1.15%2015-2019	0.99%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	47%
High school diploma or higher	98.3%2015-2019	97.8%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	27%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4442015-2019	0.4562020-2024	+0.012	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$124,1252015-2019	$143,6512020-2024	+16%	Improved	25%
Poverty rate	3.5%2015-2019	2.9%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Public transit commuters	3.1%2015-2019	0.8%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Declined	12%
Rent as share of income	27.9%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Rent-burdened households	45.3%2015-2019	48.4%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Unemployment rate	1.8%2015-2019	3.2%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Declined	22%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	2.4%2015-2019	1.9%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	53%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Chanhassen, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Chanhassen, Minnesota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Chanhassen, Minnesota itself moved −2.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

26,006 residents (±26)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

9,780 households (±239)

Chanhassen, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k5.1%499
$25k–50k7.8%763
$50k–75k10%998

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

9,780 households (±239)

Chanhassen, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own84%8,225
Rent16%1,555

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−4.0 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

13,706 workers (±420)

Chanhassen, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone63%8,585
Carpool5.5%759
Public transit0.8%†110

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Carver County, the county holding most of Chanhassen's residents.

Carver County has 2,714 employer establishments, 244 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 0.91× Minnesota's), with 39,280 paid employees at an average annual pay of $62,979. The Census Bureau also counts 9,648 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,714; 9,648 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 244; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 39,280
Average annual pay: $62,979; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Carver County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	271	24.4	1.58×More than typical	1,564	$85,614	486
Ambulatory health care services	171	15.4	0.74×Fewer than typical	1,743	$92,499	351
Restaurants and other eating places	145	13.1	0.71×Fewer than typical	3,283	$20,602	22
Lessors of real estate	144	13	1.05×About typical	661	$59,589	1,132
Management, scientific and technical consulting	103	9.3	1.38×More than typical	512	$83,182	632
Construction of buildings	99	8.9	1.18×About typical	563	$95,256	230
Services to buildings and dwellings	96	8.6	1.28×More than typical	499	$53,493	370
Building equipment contractors	86	7.7	1.29×More than typical	571	$88,040	59
Real estate agents and brokers	83	7.5	1.54×More than typical	85	$70,271	300
Offices of other health practitioners	78	7	1.16×About typical	348	$64,905	212
Building finishing contractors	74	6.7	1.75×More than typical	476	$70,168	181
Landscaping services	73	6.6	1.88×More than typical	337	$64,561	124

Rank places for an industry Open Carver County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 111,076 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $4.3M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Chanhassen, Minnesota: $167 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4.3M; −35% vs FY2025
Per resident: $167; US $1,994
Sole-source: 7.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.3%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$2M45%
Department of the Air Force$1.2M29%
Department of the Navy$438.4K10%
Departmental Offices$408K9.4%
National Institutes of Health$63K1.5%
Department of Energy$60.6K1.4%
Department of the Army$40.8K0.9%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$30.2K0.7%

Top recipients

AGNITRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.$1.9M43%
WHITE STONE SPECTRUM HEALTHCARE RESOURCES LLC$1.9M43%
EXLAR CORPORATION$153.7K3.5%
PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS USA, INC.$147.7K3.4%
WHITE STONE HEALTHCARE RESOURCES, LLC$105.9K2.4%

Spending by fiscal year

66.2MFY2017
45.3MFY2018
48.2MFY2019
79.4MFY2020
23.7MFY2021
1.7MFY2022
6.7MFY2023
7.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$1.9M43%
Outpatient care centers · 6214$1.9M43%
Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance · 8112$117.4K2.7%
Offices of physicians · 6211$105.9K2.4%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$95.3K2.2%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Chanhassen, Minnesota

ER PHYSICIAN STAFFING SERVICES$18.1M
WHITE STONE SPECTRUM HEALTHCARE RESOURCES LLC· Carver County, MN· Health & medical· Sep 10, 2021 – Jul 20, 2026· 36C24621C0079
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$2M
AGNITRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Carver County, MN· Research & development· Feb 15, 2022 – Mar 6, 2026· N6833522C0112
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR ENHANCED DOPING AND LOW-RESISTANCE CONTACTS IN ALN DIODES$1.4M
AGNITRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Carver County, MN· Research & development· Aug 7, 2024 – Aug 5, 2026· 140D0424C0048
DEVELOPING SCALABLE MOCVD EQUIPMENT AND PROCESS FOR ALSCN AND ALSCN/GAN RF DEVICES SBIR II D2P2

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Chanhassen, Minnesota, so they do not add up across cities.

Chanhassen, Minnesota's figures are part of those of Carver County, MN and Hennepin County, MN ($717.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.6% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Chanhassen is mostly in Carver County.

See federal money in Carver County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Chanhassen, Minnesota is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Amy KlobucharD-

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Carver County100100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI93

Other cities and towns in Carver County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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