Waconia (/wəˈkoʊnjə/ wə-KOHN-yə or /wəˈkoʊniə/ wə-KOH-nee-ə)[6] is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States.

There were 4,112 housing units at an average density of 947.5 per square mile (365.8/km2).

25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 2,646 housing units at an average density of 944.4 per square mile (364.6/km2).

23.3% of all households were occupied by one person and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[14] Waconia has several buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places (see: National Register of Historic Places listings in Carver County, Minnesota).

One of the more prominent listings is for Coney Island of the West on Lake Waconia, where cottages, boathouses and resort hotels attracted tourists, especially from 1884 until the late 1920s, when the rise of the automobile allowed people to travel farther away for summer vacations.