City safety & data profile

Golden ValleyMN

Golden Valley, MN is a 21K-resident city in Hennepin County with a median household income of $108,772.

Hennepin County, Minnesota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Golden Valley, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Golden Valley has a population larger than 47% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $431,400.

Data updated 2026-09-03

21K
Population (place)
Bottom 48%
By size
$108,772
Median income (place)
$431,400
Median home (place)
9.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Golden Valley

Golden Valley posts a median household income higher than 76% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 24%
by median income, US cities

Where Golden Valley income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$108,772 Top 24% higher than 76% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Golden Valley $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MN

Population among 97 MN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Minneapolis is the largest MN city on this list; Rogers leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MN

Median household income among the same 97-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Rogers posts the highest place-level median income in MN; Minneapolis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Golden Valley, MN beyond the headline numbers

Golden Valley sits inside Hennepin County, Minnesota, at roughly 45.01°N, -93.35°W. Population 21,270, $108,772 median household income. Median home value $431,400, median rent $1,785. Poverty rate 9.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 9.1%, poverty in Golden Valley, MN runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Golden Valley runs about 4.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

29.5% of Golden Valley workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 25.3% in Golden Valley, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

2.3% of Golden Valley workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 44.2 years, Golden Valley's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Golden Valley from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
21,270
Golden Valley · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$108,772
+22% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$431,400
+4% vs avg
Median Age (place)
44.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Hennepin County): Golden Valley's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.3M+8%
Median Income
$97,653+52%
Median Home Value
$392,900+70%
Poverty Rate
10%-22%
Unemployment
4.5%-42%

Economics

Economics indicators for Golden Valley, MN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,785/mo
Poverty Rate
9.1% -27% vs avg
Unemployment 4.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 60%
Work From Home 29.5%
Public Transit 2.3%

Population

White 77.9%
African American 6.9%
Asian 3.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 6.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
29.3%
Short Sleep Duration
25.3%
Obesity
25.1%
Binge Drinking
18.4%
Physical Inactivity
16.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
13.1%
Current Asthma
9.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.3%
Current Smoking
9.2%
Diabetes
7.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 71.8%
Annual Checkup 76.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
5.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.4%
Stroke
2.8%

What alerts and safety updates affect Golden Valley?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Golden Valley right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MN-GOLDEN-VALLEY · Golden Valley

Golden Valley: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Golden Valley

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Golden Valley.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Golden Valley; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Minnesota state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

San Jose, CA 2 alerts Fresno, CA 2 alerts Pittsburgh, PA 2 alerts York, PA 2 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Golden Valley, MN? ▼
Golden Valley, MN has a population of 21,270 people, located in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Golden Valley? ▼
The median household income in Golden Valley, MN is $108,772 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 9.1%.
What is the median home value in Golden Valley? ▼
The median home value in Golden Valley, MN is $431,400. Median rent is $1,785/month.
What are the top health concerns in Golden Valley? ▼
The top health indicators in Golden Valley include High Blood Pressure (29.3%), Short Sleep Duration (25.3%), Obesity (25.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Golden Valley? ▼
The median age in Golden Valley, MN is 44.2 years. 60% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Golden Valley, both outside Minnesota so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MN (9.1% here).

Costa Mesa, CA 9.1% South Fulton, GA 9.1% Norwalk, CT 9.1% Whittier, CA 9.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MN ($108,772 here).

Teays Valley, WV $108,741 Palos Heights, IL $108,740 Tigard, OR $108,823 Concord, CA $108,709

Compare Golden Valley with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Robbinsdale, MN 14K Crystal, MN 23K New Hope, MN 21K Saint Louis Park, MN 45K Brooklyn Center, MN 31K Brooklyn Park, MN 79K Minneapolis, MN 411K Columbia Heights, MN 20K
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Using Golden Valley's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Golden Valley area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Golden Valley against Minnesota peers on any ranking lens. Explore Minnesota

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Hennepin County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.