Chaska, Minnesota

Chaska population, 2020 to 2024

Chaska added 2,292 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1,103. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 23rd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Chaska is 2.1 times that size.

Chaska covers 17.14 square miles of land and 0.81 of water, for 1,760 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Chaska is close to the typical town.

What county Chaska is in

All of Chaska's residents live in Carver County, which had 112,628 residents in 2024. Chaska holds 26.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chaska

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chaska by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55318. 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 Chaska is

The Census internal point of Chaska is at 44.816400, -93.610000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 26.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shakopee, MN (48,401 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 19.6 miles away.

Daylight in Chaska

At 44.82° N, Chaska gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chaska

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Chanhassen, 3.5 miles away, with 25,746 people.