† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMinnetonkaMinnesotaUnited States
German29.3%29.2%12.5%
Irish13.3%9.9%9.4%
Norwegian12.5%12.1%—
English9.9%6.6%9.5%
Swedish8.3%6.5%—
Polish4.6%3.7%2.2%
French3.4%1.8%1.6%
Italian3.0%—4.8%
Hmong1.6%1.7%—
Asian Indian1.5%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.9%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.6%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Laotian0.2%——
Mexican2.3%3.9%11.3%
Ecuadorian0.4%0.2%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.3%1.8%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
African American†2.5%3.8%9.9%
Somali0.7%1.1%—
African0.3%0.5%0.5%
Ethiopian0.2%0.5%—
Liberian0.2%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Minnetonka
Minnesota
United States
Median age
42.9
39
39.1
Age 18–24
4.3%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.7%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Minnetonka
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$119,517
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.9%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
65.0%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Minnetonka
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.5%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.6%
4.2%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
2.0%
0.4%
0.7%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.8%
2.3%
1.1%
Other languages
2.1%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Minnetonka
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
—
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Minnetonka, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+6.4%
2008
+15.7%
2012
+11.7%
2016
+24.2%
2020
+34.7%
2024
+35.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
66.4%Harris23,958
31.1%Trump11,228
2.4%
D+35.3
D+0.6
D+36.8
36,066
D
66.3%Biden24,682
31.7%Trump11,776
2.0%
D+34.7
D+10.5
D+30.2
37,204
D
57.7%Clinton19,426
33.5%Trump11,290
8.7%
D+24.2
D+12.4
D+22.1
33,658
D
54.7%Obama18,822
43.0%Romney14,784
2.4%
D+11.7
R+4.0
D+7.9
34,416
D
57.1%Obama19,154
41.4%McCain13,891
1.5%
D+15.7
D+9.3
D+8.4
33,555
D
52.6%Kerry17,454
46.2%Bush15,328
1.2%
D+6.4
—
D+8.9
33,179
Minnetonka sits in Hennepin County's high-income outer ring, where a heavily college-educated electorate has made once-reliable Republican territory increasingly contested at the federal and state levels over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.3 points.
A population of 53,064, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $119,517 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Edina and Plymouth.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Minnetonka, Minnesota voted Democratic by 35.3 points (D+35.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 36,066 votes cast, 23,958 went Democratic and 11,228 went Republican.
How many people live in Minnetonka, Minnesota?
Minnetonka, Minnesota has a population of 53,064 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Minnetonka, Minnesota?
Median household income in Minnetonka, Minnesota is $119,517 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Minnetonka, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Minnetonka, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
