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 that you will notice about Eden Prairie is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Eden Prairie a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Eden Prairie 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.

Eden Prairie Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Eden Prairie is a pretty powerful place. 57.12% of the adults in Eden Prairie 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 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.