City · Dakota County, Minnesota

Eagan, Minnesota

Eagan is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area. It has 68,000 residents. Eagan, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 98 out of 100 (very high), ranking #335 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Minnesota it ranks #24 of 364 cities and towns. It ranks best on high school diploma or higher (high), traffic deaths (low) and voter turnout (high). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), days with unhealthy air (high) and child care cost burden (high).

98Very high

Quality-of-life score: #335 of 15,651 cities and towns
Minnesota: #24 of 364 in MN
Population: 68,000 (2020-2024)
Land area: 31 mi²
Density: 2,180.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 2717288

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety79#3,266/15,637
Economy82#2,856/15,631
Housing72#4,151/14,977
Health90#1,507/15,609
Healthcare89#1,798/15,650
Environment81#2,982/15,453
Education95#822/15,649
Infrastructure99#181/15,650
Community96#585/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,441/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Eagan, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Dakota 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

High school diploma or higher · high96.6%
99/100Minnesota 93.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Traffic deaths · low4.4 /100k
97/100Minnesota 7.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataDakota County value
Voter turnout · high81.0%
97/100Minnesota 77.0%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionDakota County value
Loneliness · low29.9%
96/100Minnesota 32.1%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food environment index · high9.4
96/100Minnesota 9.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDakota County value
Frequent mental distress · low14.2%
94/100Minnesota 17.1%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
10/100Minnesota 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesDakota County value
Days with unhealthy air · high2.7%
15/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDakota County value
Child care cost burden · high37.4%
15/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDakota County value
Restaurants and bars · low6.2 /10k
21/100Minnesota 8.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDakota County value
Comfortable days · low24.0%
26/100Minnesota 23.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationDakota County value
Job growth · low-0.8%
32/100Minnesota -0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataDakota County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
0.5 /1k (2021) → 0.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+95%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
38.9% (2015-2019) → 44.0% (2020-2024)
+5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$90,515 (2015-2019) → $108,690 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
91.9% (2015-2019) → 94.9% (2020-2024)
+3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.2× (2015-2019) → 3.7× (2020-2024)
+15%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
51.8% (2015-2019) → 54.7% (2020-2024)
+2.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Eagan, Minnesota improved on 3 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 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.

Improved3

Commute−3.0 min24.3 min → 21.2 min
Household income+20%$90,515 → $108,690
Broadband+3 points91.9% → 94.9%

Declined2

Transit use−1.6 points3.2% → 1.6%
Price / income+0.5×3.2× → 3.7×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Eagan, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.3 min2015-2019	21.2 min2020-2024	−3.0 min	Improved	79%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%2015-2019	54.7%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Broadband subscriptions	91.9%2015-2019	94.9%2020-2024	+3 points	Improved	20%
Child poverty rate	7.0%2015-2019	6.0%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Effective property tax rate	1.05%2015-2019	0.93%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	40%
High school diploma or higher	97.0%2015-2019	96.6%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4222015-2019	0.4152020-2024	−0.007	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$90,5152015-2019	$108,6902020-2024	+20%	Improved	33%
Poverty rate	5.6%2015-2019	5.9%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Public transit commuters	3.2%2015-2019	1.6%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Declined	15%
Rent as share of income	26.6%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Rent-burdened households	38.9%2015-2019	44.0%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Unemployment rate	4.2%2015-2019	3.7%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.1%2015-2019	4.3%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	43%

“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 Eagan, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Eagan, 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, Eagan, Minnesota itself moved −1 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

68,000 residents (±47)

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

28,264 households (±536)

Eagan, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k7.8%2,197
$25k–50k11%3,231
$50k–75k13%3,756

Homes

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

Owners and renters

28,264 households (±536)

Eagan, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own68%19,139
Rent32%9,125

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

38,028 workers (±847)

Eagan, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone66%25,284
Carpool5.6%2,111
Public transit1.6%†603

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 Dakota County, the county holding most of Eagan's residents.

Dakota County has 10,964 employer establishments, 244 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 0.91× Minnesota's), with 185,426 paid employees at an average annual pay of $67,061. The Census Bureau also counts 36,168 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 10,964; 36,168 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 244; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 185,426
Average annual pay: $67,061; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	756	16.9	1.09×About typical	6,811	$88,801	1,978
Ambulatory health care services	739	16.5	0.79×Fewer than typical	9,168	$68,124	1,587
Restaurants and other eating places	630	14	0.76×Fewer than typical	14,092	$23,111	108
Lessors of real estate	594	13.2	1.07×About typical	1,950	$57,001	3,156
Services to buildings and dwellings	394	8.8	1.30×More than typical	2,744	$66,435	1,326
Construction of buildings	345	7.7	1.02×About typical	2,161	$92,659	830
Computer systems design and related services	322	7.2	1.66×More than typical	1,691	$92,920	507
Offices of other health practitioners	312	7	1.14×About typical	1,932	$54,737	828
Management, scientific and technical consulting	301	6.7	1.00×About typical	1,173	$86,667	1,595
Limited-service restaurants	296	6.6	0.82×About typical	5,903	$20,492	43
Insurance agencies and brokerages	288	6.4	1.46×More than typical	7,509	$107,061	513
Real estate agents and brokers	281	6.3	1.29×More than typical	389	$69,344	1,003

Rank places for an industry Open Dakota County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 448,612 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 $71.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Eagan, Minnesota: $1,047 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $71.2M; +2.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,047; US $1,994
Sole-source: 4.6%; US 30%
Single offer: 34%; 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

Office of Procurement Operations$25.8M36%
Department of Veterans Affairs$11M15%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$10.4M15%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$3.1M4.3%
Department of the Army$2.5M3.5%
Defense Logistics Agency$2.3M3.3%
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission$1.9M2.7%
Federal Communications Commission$1.7M2.4%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

43.2MFY2017
52.2MFY2018
60.6MFY2019
55.8MFY2020
31.7MFY2021
18.1MFY2022
53.6MFY2023
70.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other information services · 5191$21.3M30%
Investigation and security services · 5616$18M25%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$8.1M11%
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services · 5192$6.2M8.7%
Couriers and express delivery services · 4921$2.2M3.1%
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$1.9M

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Eagan, Minnesota

PROTECTIVE SECURITY OFFICER (PSO) SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE STATES OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN$8.1M
TRIPLE CANOPY INC· Dakota County, MN· Facilities & utilities· Mar 12, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026· 70RFP426FRE500003
PROTECTIVE SECURITY OFFICER (PSO) SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE STATES OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN SECTION 2 (D)$7.6M
TRIPLE CANOPY INC· Dakota County, MN· Facilities & utilities· May 15, 2025 – Sep 24, 2026· 70RFP425FRE500014
PROTECTIVE SECURITY OFFICER (PSO) SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE STATES OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN$7.4M
TRIPLE CANOPY INC· Dakota County, MN· Facilities & utilities· Sep 30, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· 70RFP425FRE500025

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 Eagan, Minnesota, so they do not add up across cities.

Eagan, Minnesota's figures are part of those of Dakota County, MN ($123.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 58% of that total.

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

See federal money in Dakota 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.

Eagan, Minnesota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Angie CraigD-MN-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 3.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Dakota County97100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI93

Other cities and towns in Dakota 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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