Eagan, Minnesota

Eagan population, 2020 to 2024

Eagan lost 1,505 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -334. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 132nd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Eagan is 4.7 times that size.

Eagan covers 31.18 square miles of land and 2.28 of water, for 2,157 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Eagan is denser than the typical town.

What county Eagan is in

All of Eagan's residents live in Dakota County, which had 453,156 residents in 2024. Eagan holds 14.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Eagan

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Eagan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55121, 55122, 55123. 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 Eagan is

The Census internal point of Eagan is at 44.815200, -93.162800. Saint Paul, the capital, is 10.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bloomington, MN (88,344 people), 7.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 9.7 miles away.

Daylight in Eagan

At 44.82° N, Eagan 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 Eagan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Mendota Heights, 4.6 miles away, with 11,542 people.