Golden Valley, Minnesota

Golden Valley population, 2020 to 2024

Golden Valley lost 1,215 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.4%. In the latest year it moved by -30. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 153rd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Golden Valley is 1.5 times that size.

Golden Valley covers 10.20 square miles of land and 0.34 of water, for 2,085 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Golden Valley is denser than the typical town.

What county Golden Valley is in

All of Golden Valley's residents live in Hennepin County, which had 1,273,334 residents in 2024. Golden Valley holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Golden Valley

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Golden Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55416, 55422, 55426, 55427. 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 Golden Valley is

The Census internal point of Golden Valley is at 44.990200, -93.358700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 12.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Louis Park, MN (49,899 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 4.8 miles away.

Daylight in Golden Valley

At 44.99° N, Golden Valley gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Golden Valley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Robbinsdale, 2.7 miles away, with 13,993 people.