Minnesota · Census place 2743252

Minnetonka, Minnesota

Minnetonka is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota with an estimated 52,651 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 19th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
52,651
#19 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-2.7%
-1,456 people
Land area
26.9 sq mi
+ 1.03 sq mi water
Density
1,955 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Minnetonka. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Minnetonka population, 2020 to 2024

Minnetonka lost 1,456 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -27. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 136th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Minnetonka is 3.7 times that size.

54.1k202053.2k202152.7k202252.7k202352.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 53,812. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Minnetonka covers 26.93 square miles of land and 1.03 of water, for 1,955 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Minnetonka is denser than the typical town.

What county Minnetonka is in

All of Minnetonka's residents live in Hennepin County, which had 1,273,334 residents in 2024. Minnetonka holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Minnetonka

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Minnetonka by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55305, 55343, 55345, 55391. 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 Minnetonka is

The Census internal point of Minnetonka is at 44.932600, -93.456700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 17.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Edina, MN (53,564 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 9.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.932600, -93.456700
DMS
44°55'57.36"N 93°27'24.12"W
UTM
15N 463962.9E 4975564.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86P8WGMV+28

Daylight in Minnetonka

At 44.93° N, Minnetonka 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 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Minnetonka

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Hopkins, 2.6 miles away, with 19,462 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Minnetonka, MN?

52,651 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,456 (2.7%) from 54,107 in July 2020.

What county is Minnetonka in?

Hennepin County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Minnetonka?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55305, 55343, 55345, 55391.

How far is Minnetonka from Saint Paul?

17.4 miles (28.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Minnetonka.

What is the nearest larger city to Minnetonka?

Edina, MN, with 53,564 residents, 5.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.