Anoka vs Ham Lake

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

Anoka and Ham Lake 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 16,575 in Ham Lake). Ham Lake has the higher median household income ($116,845 vs $75,262 in Anoka). Ham Lake has the higher median home value ($430,100 vs $292,900 in Anoka).

Population, income & housing

	Anoka	Ham Lake
Population	17,941	16,575
Median age	40.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,262	$116,845
Median home value	$292,900	$430,100
Median gross rent	$1,200	$1,319
Housing units	7,732	6,024
Homeownership rate	57.3%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anoka	Ham Lake
Population	17,471 → 17,941 (+2.7%)	16,434 → 16,575 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$58,576 → $75,262 (+28.5%)	$103,655 → $116,845 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$203,100 → $292,900 (+44.2%)	$306,700 → $430,100 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,200 (+24.7%)	$1,089 → $1,319 (+21.1%)

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

Ham Lake

Population

16,43416,575

Median household income

$103,655$116,845

Median home value

$306,700$430,100

Median gross rent

$1,089$1,319

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anoka	Ham Lake
Under 5	6.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.7%
75 and over	8.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anoka	Ham Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	91.1%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anoka	Ham Lake
No high school diploma	6.3%	4.2%
High school graduate	29.4%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anoka	Ham Lake
Drove alone	77.4%	80.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.2%	13.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anoka	Ham Lake
1-unit, detached	49.5%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	25.8%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Anoka	Ham Lake
Poverty rate	7.9%	4.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1973	1993