Anoka vs East Bethel

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

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

Anoka has the higher population (17,941 vs 11,995 in East Bethel). East Bethel has the higher median household income ($114,583 vs $75,262 in Anoka). East Bethel has the higher median home value ($343,200 vs $292,900 in Anoka).

Population, income & housing

	Anoka	East Bethel
Population	17,941	11,995
Median age	40.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,262	$114,583
Median home value	$292,900	$343,200
Median gross rent	$1,200	$1,770
Housing units	7,732	4,790
Homeownership rate	57.3%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anoka	East Bethel
Population	17,471 → 17,941 (+2.7%)	11,870 → 11,995 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$58,576 → $75,262 (+28.5%)	$93,375 → $114,583 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$203,100 → $292,900 (+44.2%)	$251,100 → $343,200 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,200 (+24.7%)	$1,242 → $1,770 (+42.5%)

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

East Bethel

Population

11,87011,995

Median household income

$93,375$114,583

Median home value

$251,100$343,200

Median gross rent

$1,242$1,770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anoka	East Bethel
Under 5	6.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.5%
75 and over	8.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anoka	East Bethel
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	92.2%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anoka	East Bethel
No high school diploma	6.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anoka	East Bethel
Drove alone	77.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	11.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anoka	East Bethel
1-unit, detached	49.5%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	25.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Anoka	East Bethel
Poverty rate	7.9%	2.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1973	1985