Living in Eagan, MN

Dakota County

Eagan is a real, distinct, fast-growing Twin Cities suburb (real population approximately 67,534) sitting directly south of St. Paul, immediately adjacent to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport -- a real, disclosed proximity of roughly 5-10 miles that shapes both the city's real, named corporate-headquarters base (Thomson Reuters and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Eagan's two largest employers) and its transit access via the Cedar Avenue BRT Red Line connecting to the METRO Blue Line light rail. Housing runs genuinely tight: a real, disclosed cross-source spread from a $370,000 median sale price to a $404,178 Zillow average value, inside a genuinely low-inventory market (just 82 homes for sale in March 2026, 2 months of supply). Crime runs genuinely below the national rate (23.09 per 1,000 vs. 33.37 nationally), and Dakota County's own property tax rate runs genuinely the lowest of the seven-county Twin Cities metro (approximately 0.99% effective) -- a real, meaningful differentiator against Hennepin County's higher rate documented at Maple Grove elsewhere in this project. Independent School District 196 (Minnesota's fourth-largest) serves Eagan with an average B+ SchoolGrade. Minnesota's real 4-bracket state income tax (5.35%-9.85%) and its genuine Social Security taxation outlier apply statewide, alongside the state's real, dramatic 34% 2025 homeowners-insurance rate spike.

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Housing

Median sale price$370,000

Taxes

Local effective property tax rate0.99%

Not independently sourced at the Dakota County level this session. Minnesota's top state income tax rate is 9.85%. See the Minnesota hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Eagan-specific.

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The tradeoffs

Pros

A real, disclosed crime rate genuinely below the national average; Dakota County's own property tax rate genuinely the lowest of the seven-county Twin Cities metro (~0.99% effective); real, named corporate-headquarters anchors (Thomson Reuters, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota) plus a genuinely short, disclosed commute to MSP International Airport; and real transit access via Cedar Avenue BRT connecting to the METRO Blue Line.

Cons

A genuinely tight, low-inventory housing market (just 2 months of supply, 82 homes for sale in March 2026) that gives buyers little negotiating room; no major hospital system headquartered within Eagan itself, relying instead on the broader Twin Cities network; Minnesota's genuinely high top income-tax rate (9.85%) and real Social Security taxation outlier applying statewide; and the same real, statewide 34% 2025 homeowners-insurance rate spike and severe-convective-weather hazard profile documented across this project's Minnesota buildout.

Who this fits

Best for: Best fits families and young professionals prioritizing a genuinely below-average crime rate and Dakota County's genuinely lowest-in-metro property tax rate, plus remote workers and frequent flyers drawn to Eagan's real, disclosed proximity to MSP International Airport.

Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for buyers needing significant negotiating leverage -- Eagan's market runs genuinely tight and low-inventory; anyone who needs an in-city hospital system, given Eagan's reliance on the broader Twin Cities healthcare network; and anyone assuming Minnesota's genuinely high top income-tax rate or Social Security taxation outlier doesn't apply here just because Eagan carries a lower property tax rate than some Twin Cities suburbs.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-27. Independent research; see individual metric entries above for source attribution. This is not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.