Andover vs Fridley

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

Andover and Fridley 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 29,944 in Fridley). Andover has the higher median household income ($131,528 vs $79,274 in Fridley). Andover has the higher median home value ($389,200 vs $277,100 in Fridley).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Fridley
Population	32,825	29,944
Median age	39.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$131,528	$79,274
Median home value	$389,200	$277,100
Median gross rent	$1,827	$1,270
Housing units	11,289	12,565
Homeownership rate	93.8%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Fridley
Population	32,733 → 32,825 (+0.3%)	27,668 → 29,944 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$109,930 → $131,528 (+19.6%)	$63,836 → $79,274 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$289,500 → $389,200 (+34.4%)	$198,200 → $277,100 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,655 → $1,827 (+10.4%)	$985 → $1,270 (+28.9%)

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

Fridley

Population

27,66829,944

Median household income

$63,836$79,274

Median home value

$198,200$277,100

Median gross rent

$985$1,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Fridley
Under 5	6.7%	7.8%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.7%
75 and over	5.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Fridley
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	57.2%
Black or African American	4.5%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	2.9%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Fridley
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	19.2%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Fridley
Drove alone	76.5%	70.8%
Carpooled	4.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.5%	2.6%
Walked	0.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Fridley
1-unit, detached	91.6%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	8.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	22.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Fridley
Poverty rate	3.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.95	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1993	1968