Apple Valley is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 45,527 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Apple Valley is the 17th largest community in Minnesota.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Apple Valley is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Apple Valley is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Apple Valley who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.32%), sales jobs (14.72%), and management occupations (10.95%).

Also of interest is that Apple Valley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Apple Valley is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Apple Valley is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Apple Valley really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Apple Valley perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Apple Valley Information and Demographics

The population of Apple Valley is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 41.03% of adults in Apple Valley have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Apple Valley in 2000 was $29,477, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,908 for a family of four. However, Apple Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Apple Valley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Apple Valley is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Apple Valley include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, English, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Apple Valley is English.