Minnesota · Census place 2758738

Savage, Minnesota

Savage is a city in Scott County, Minnesota with an estimated 32,896 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 30th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
32,896
#30 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+318 people
Land area
15.6 sq mi
+ 0.82 sq mi water
Density
2,109 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Savage. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Savage population, 2020 to 2024

Savage added 318 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -135. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 85th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Savage is 2.3 times that size.

32.6k202033.0k202132.9k202233.0k202332.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 32,453. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Savage covers 15.60 square miles of land and 0.82 of water, for 2,109 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Savage is denser than the typical town.

What county Savage is in

All of Savage's residents live in Scott County, which had 157,206 residents in 2024. Savage holds 20.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Savage

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Savage by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55378. 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 Savage is

The Census internal point of Savage is at 44.759100, -93.364200. Saint Paul, the capital, is 18.7 miles NE 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 Minneapolis, MN, 14.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.759100, -93.364200
DMS
44°45'32.76"N 93°21'51.12"W
UTM
15N 471175.4E 4956254.5N
Geohash
9zvweknk8
Plus code
86P8QJ5P+J8

Daylight in Savage

At 44.76° N, Savage 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 Savage

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Burnsville, 4.2 miles away, with 64,864 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Savage, MN?

32,896 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 318 (1.0%) from 32,578 in July 2020.

What county is Savage in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Savage?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55378.

How far is Savage from Saint Paul?

18.7 miles (30.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Savage.

What is the nearest larger city to Savage?

Burnsville, MN, with 64,864 residents, 4.2 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.