Andover vs Anoka

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

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

Andover has the higher population (32,825 vs 17,941 in Anoka). Andover has the higher median household income ($131,528 vs $75,262 in Anoka). Andover has the higher median home value ($389,200 vs $292,900 in Anoka).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Anoka
Population	32,825	17,941
Median age	39.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$131,528	$75,262
Median home value	$389,200	$292,900
Median gross rent	$1,827	$1,200
Housing units	11,289	7,732
Homeownership rate	93.8%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Anoka
Population	32,733 → 32,825 (+0.3%)	17,471 → 17,941 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$109,930 → $131,528 (+19.6%)	$58,576 → $75,262 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$289,500 → $389,200 (+34.4%)	$203,100 → $292,900 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,655 → $1,827 (+10.4%)	$962 → $1,200 (+24.7%)

Andover

Population

32,73332,825

Median household income

$109,930$131,528

Median home value

$289,500$389,200

Median gross rent

$1,655$1,827

Anoka

Population

17,47117,941

Median household income

$58,576$75,262

Median home value

$203,100$292,900

Median gross rent

$962$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Anoka
Under 5	6.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.5%
75 and over	5.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Anoka
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	75.6%
Black or African American	4.5%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	2.9%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Anoka
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	19.2%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Anoka
Drove alone	76.5%	77.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	17.0%	10.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Anoka
1-unit, detached	91.6%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	12.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	25.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Anoka
Poverty rate	3.4%	7.9%
Average household size	2.95	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1993	1973