Anoka vs Young America

A side-by-side comparison of Anoka and Young America: population, income, housing, and more.

Anoka and Young America are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Anoka has the higher population (400 vs 298 in Young America). Young America has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $34,167 in Anoka). Young America has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $11,800 in Anoka).

Population, income & housing

	Anoka	Young America
Population	400	298
Median age	33.6 yrs	23.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,167	$51,667
Median home value	$11,800	$109,900
Median gross rent	$941	—
Housing units	190	104
Homeownership rate	69.9%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anoka	Young America
Population	294 → 400 (+36.1%)	300 → 298 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$45,083 → $34,167 (-24.2%)	$47,596 → $51,667 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$11,900 → $11,800 (-0.8%)	$106,500 → $109,900 (+3.2%)

Anoka

Population

294400

Median household income

$45,083$34,167

Median home value

$11,900$11,800

Young America

Population

300298

Median household income

$47,596$51,667

Median home value

$106,500$109,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anoka	Young America
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	27.5%
18 to 24	14.5%	26.5%
25 to 34	27.0%	17.8%
35 to 44	2.5%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	16.3%	0.0%
75 and over	5.5%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anoka	Young America
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	64.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anoka	Young America
No high school diploma	16.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	43.5%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anoka	Young America
Drove alone	41.4%	70.3%
Carpooled	42.6%	29.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anoka	Young America
1-unit, detached	17.4%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	77.4%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Anoka	Young America
Poverty rate	36.3%	33.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1981	1957