Andover vs Blaine

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

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

Blaine has the higher population (71,261 vs 32,825 in Andover). Andover has the higher median household income ($131,528 vs $103,382 in Blaine). Andover has the higher median home value ($389,200 vs $327,500 in Blaine).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Blaine
Population	32,825	71,261
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$131,528	$103,382
Median home value	$389,200	$327,500
Median gross rent	$1,827	$1,707
Housing units	11,289	25,955
Homeownership rate	93.8%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Blaine
Population	32,733 → 32,825 (+0.3%)	64,114 → 71,261 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$109,930 → $131,528 (+19.6%)	$84,933 → $103,382 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$289,500 → $389,200 (+34.4%)	$230,900 → $327,500 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,655 → $1,827 (+10.4%)	$1,241 → $1,707 (+37.6%)

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

Blaine

Population

64,11471,261

Median household income

$84,933$103,382

Median home value

$230,900$327,500

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Blaine
Under 5	6.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.6%
75 and over	5.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Blaine
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	71.4%
Black or African American	4.5%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	2.9%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Blaine
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	19.2%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Blaine
Drove alone	76.5%	69.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.9%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.0%	19.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Blaine
1-unit, detached	91.6%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Blaine
Poverty rate	3.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.95	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1993	1995