Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 71/100
B−
Median home value$452,500
Minneapolis $374,000
Median rent$1,806/mo
Minneapolis $1,440/mo
Cost-burdened households20%
Minneapolis 28%
Lakeville
Dakota County74,354 residents3 school districts
70
B−
Suburbgrade score
5th of 60 Minneapolis suburbs. Strong on employment & income and schools, held back by amenities.
70
Minneapolis median 62
0 · F
A+ · 100
Launch-day rule. Residents is not counted for Lakeville yet: no poll responses so far. The overall score of 70 is computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. Answer the poll →
What living here is actually like
Written summary in preparation This page is waiting for its written summary, and for a person to check it. Until then it is excluded from search engines.
What Lakeville is like to live in, by category
Bars show Lakeville against Minneapolis. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 77/100
B
Within-state proficiency87th pct
Minneapolis median 72nd pct
Student–teacher ratio17.6
Minneapolis median 16.1
Graduation rate93%
Minneapolis median 89%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 65/100
C+
Housing cost index115
Minneapolis 100
Eff. tax rate0.96%
Minneapolis 1.04%
Local sales tax8.14%
Minneapolis median 8.14%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 66/100
C+
Mean commute23.6 min
Minneapolis 23.9 min
Under 30 minutes64%
Minneapolis 68%
Transit stops / sq mi0.1
Minneapolis median 6.5 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 61/100
C
Restaurants & cafés24
Minneapolis median 35 · within 2 miles
Groceries3
Minneapolis median 4 · within 2 miles
Parks62
Minneapolis median 61 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 81/100
B+
Median household income$139,041
Minneapolis $99,833
Unemployment2.0%
Minneapolis 4.1%
Professional occupations52%
Minneapolis 49%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
—
No responses yet. Residents is excluded from the score until eight people answer.
Ask the people who live here
Twelve yes/no questions, one tap each. No dataset knows whether the yards are kept or whether anyone talks to their neighbours. Answers feed the Residents grade, which needs eight responses before it counts.
Nobody has answered for Lakeville yet. If you live here, you can be the first.
Is it quiet at night?
—
Do you feel safe walking after dark?
—
Can you walk to a grocery store?
—
Is it good for young children?
—
Are yards and streets well kept?
—
Tap either button to answer — no account neededAll twelve questions →
Better than Lakeville on amenities
Lakeville's weakest grade is C. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same six inputs.
SuburbAmenitiesOverall
Minneapolis20 mi from LakevilleA+ 63 C+ St. Paul20 mi from LakevilleA 59 C St. Louis Park20 mi from LakevilleA− 71 B− Roseville24 mi from LakevilleB+ 65 C+ Richfield14 mi from LakevilleB+ 59 C Eden Prairie16 mi from LakevilleB 74 B Restaurants & cafés: OpenStreetMap Sep 2026 · Groceries: OpenStreetMap Sep 2026
Common questions about living in Lakeville
Is Lakeville, MN a good place to live?
Lakeville scores 70 out of 100, 5th of 60 Minneapolis suburbs. It is strongest on employment & income and weakest on amenities. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Lakeville expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades C+. The median home is $452,500, 21% above the Minneapolis median, and the effective property tax rate is 0.96%. $1,806/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Lakeville?
Schools grade B. The districts serving Lakeville sit at the 87th pct within-state proficiency percentile, with a 93% graduation rate and a 17.6 student–teacher ratio. Lakeville is served by Lakeville Area Schools, Farmington Public School District and Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Lakeville?
The mean commute is 23.6 min, with 64% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 23% working from home. Transit density is 0.1 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Lakeville?
Within two miles there are 3 groceries, 24 restaurants and cafés and 62 parks, which grades C on amenities.
Are the homes in Lakeville old or new?
The median home in Lakeville was built in 1999 — newer than the Minneapolis median of 1981. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 88% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.