Apple Valley, Minnesota

Apple Valley population, 2020 to 2024

Apple Valley lost 1,001 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -210. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 127th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Apple Valley is 3.9 times that size.

Apple Valley covers 16.87 square miles of land and 0.68 of water, for 3,276 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Apple Valley is denser than the typical town.

What county Apple Valley is in

All of Apple Valley's residents live in Dakota County, which had 453,156 residents in 2024. Apple Valley holds 12.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Apple Valley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Apple Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55124. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Apple Valley is

The Census internal point of Apple Valley is at 44.745300, -93.199400. Saint Paul, the capital, is 15.3 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Burnsville, MN (64,864 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 14.9 miles away.

Daylight in Apple Valley

At 44.75° N, Apple Valley gets about 15 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Apple Valley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Burnsville, 4.1 miles away, with 64,864 people.