Golden Valley is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 20,245 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Golden Valley is the 45th largest community in Minnesota.

Golden Valley is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.48% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Golden Valley is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Golden Valley who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.15%), sales jobs (13.30%), and management occupations (11.97%).

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

Of important note, Golden Valley is also a city of artists. Golden Valley has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Golden Valley's character.

Golden Valley, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Golden Valley is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Golden Valley is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Golden Valley Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Golden Valley is a pretty powerful place. 46.71% of the adults in Golden Valley have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Golden Valley in 2000 was $34,094, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $136,376 for a family of four. However, Golden Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Golden Valley is English.