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Eagan, Minnesota. Eagan was farm country in the 60's
and only had about 3,500 souls living there along the Minnesota
River, just south of the Twin Cities. The city has been around since
Civil War times, founded in 1860. Everything changed with the
completion of the big Interstate highways across the Minnesota and
Mississippi Rivers in the '80's, namely Highways 77, 494 and 35E.
When that happened, developers started putting up homes at the rate
of about 1,000 a year. Today Eagan is one of the fastest growing
Twin Cities' suburbs with a current population of around 57,000.
Average home prices are around
$165,000 and average median household income is about $47,000/yr.
Approximately 25% of Eagan is zoned
for commercial and industrial installations, mostly in the northern
part of the city. Several large corporations have established a
headquarters there, including: West Publishing, Cray Research,
Northwest Airlines, and there is a huge Coca-Cola bottling plant
here, one of the world's largest for Coca-Cola.
Jet noise from the nearby
international airport is a concern, mainly in the northern
industrial part of Eagan..
Eagan is keeping pace with the
growth by establishing more schools, parks and a recreational
facility. The library is a nice piece of architecture and the
largest in the area.
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