Eden Prairie is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 54,901 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Eden Prairie is the 12th largest community in Minnesota.

Eden Prairie is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.06% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Eden Prairie is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Eden Prairie who work in management occupations (18.26%), sales jobs (15.99%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.01%).

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

One thing noticeable about Eden Prairie, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Eden Prairie is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Eden Prairie a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Eden Prairie is also home to many people who can 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.

Eden Prairie Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Eden Prairie. 57.12% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Eden Prairie in 2000 was $38,854, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $155,416 for a family of four. However, Eden Prairie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Eden Prairie is English.