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What a website costs in Hennepin County, MN
An agency build is usually a large invoice up front with maintenance on top. Ours is one monthly price from $199, with no setup fee. Serving Minneapolis, Bloomington and Brooklyn Park.
What Hennepin County's income means for your site
Median household income in Hennepin County is about $98,000.
Nationally, 96% of adults in households earning $70,000 to $99,999 own a smartphone, and 88% have home broadband (Pew Research Center, 2025).
We build light pages that load fast on a phone or a slower connection, and every plan includes online estimate requests: a form that collects the job details you need to quote.
Hennepin County has about 1,269,000 residents across 65 ZIP codes.
In a national survey, 69% of consumers say a website is essential for a local business to be credible (DreamHost survey, 2026).
For a site that reads as credible, we can write your pages for you (included in Growth).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Household income in Hennepin County
- Residents below the poverty line
- 10.0%Near the middle of the counties we serve.
- Best-paid industries in Hennepin County
- Finance & Insurance ($103,502), Utilities ($103,125), Professional Services ($92,954)Median yearly earnings per worker.
Agency or plan for a Hennepin County business
What you get in Hennepin County
- Plans from
- $199/mo on a 2-year term
- Setup fee
- None
- Launch
- 3 to 6 weeks
Hosting, SSL and monthly maintenance are included, with up to 8 content pages on the lowest plan. Site design licensed. Domain and content owned by client.
The numbers behind Hennepin County
What a website should cost in Hennepin County starts with what the site has to do. A solo contractor in Crystal who gets work by referral needs a different site than a firm in Edina selling to households near the top of the income scale. The county's median household income is in the middle of the counties we serve, but the most common bracket is the highest one we track, 200,000+, so many buyers here may be used to polished, careful work and notice when a site looks tired.
That is why we offer pricing options instead of one number. A smaller site can cover your services, your service area and a clear way to call or request a bid. A bigger one can carry more pages, such as a page for each city you work in or each service you sell, which matters in a county with 24 cities of 5,000 or more residents. The current prices are on the plans page, and you can build a bid there with the pieces you actually need. If you are not sure where you land, start small and add pages later.
For a higher income audience, a site could lean on proof before price: finished projects, plain descriptions of how you work and the credentials a careful buyer looks for. For a customer who is comparing quotes in Brooklyn Center or Richfield, a site could lead with a fast way to get a number. Neither approach is right for everyone, so we ask who your best customers are before we design anything. Homeownership sits at 63%, in the middle of our counties, which suggests a mix of owners and renters, and the site can speak to both. Once we have your content, logins and photos, launch takes 3 to 6 weeks, and the site is built to the performance standard in the service agreement.
About the Hennepin County market
Hennepin County has about 1,269,496 residents, with 24 cities of 5,000 or more people.
Median household income is about $98,000.
Finance & Insurance is the largest local industry by earnings.
- Population
- 1,269,496
- Metro area
- Minneapolis metro
- ZIP codes served
- 65
- Highest-earning industry
- Finance & Insurance
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates; Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files (ZIP codes); Census metropolitan area definitions (metro area).
ZIP codes we serve in Hennepin County
55420, 55425, 55431, 55435, 55437, 55438, 55439, 55422, 55429, 55430, 55444, 55428, 55443, 55445, 55313, 55316, 55311, 55340, 55357, 55374, 55427, 55327, 55369, 55343, 55344, 55346, 55347, 55410, 55416, 55423, 55424, 55436, 55411, 55426, 55305, 55356, 55359, 55391, 55401, 55402, 55403, 55404, 55405, 55406, 55407, 55408, 55409, 55412, 55413, 55414, 55415, 55417, 55418, 55419, 55421, 55450, 55454, 55455, 55345, 55364, 55331, 55441, 55442, 55446, 55447
Cost and contract questions
Which plan suits a one-person shop in Hennepin County compared with a larger business?
Stand Up suits a compact site of up to 8 pages, and Growth adds room for more pages and ongoing local work. Current prices are on the plans page, so you can compare them against your budget.
Median household income here is about 98,000. Should my site lead with price or with quality?
Neither has to be fixed in advance. With income in the middle of the counties we serve and a younger-than-most share of residents aged 18 to 34 (about 25%), a site could lead with clear options and easy contact, then show proof of your work for those comparing.
Is there a setup fee or a large upfront bill for a Hennepin County website?
Our plans are monthly with no setup fee, so you are not paying for the whole build on day one. The current plan details are on the plans page.
Can I move to a bigger plan later as my Hennepin County business grows?
Yes. You can start with a smaller plan and move up when you need more pages or more local search work. If your project is bigger than a plan covers, Untapped is our custom option.
How much does web design cost in Hennepin County?
There is no build invoice: web design for Hennepin County businesses comes inside a monthly plan. Stand Up is $249 a month on a 1-year term or $199 on a 2-year term. Growth is $649 a month, or $599 on a 2-year term, and adds monthly SEO: one targeted blog post a month and Google Business Profile management. Stand Up has SEO done at build only.
Have you built websites near Hennepin County?
Not yet in Hennepin County itself. The work is done remotely, so a Hennepin County business gets the same plans, prices and process as our other clients.
Other counties in the Minneapolis metro
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Get a price for your Hennepin County site
Pick what your Hennepin County site needs and see the price. Stand Up and Growth have fixed prices, so your bid is instant. Custom work is reviewed by Chris, who gets in touch to talk it through.