Anoka vs Lino Lakes

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

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

Lino Lakes has the higher population (21,847 vs 17,941 in Anoka). Lino Lakes has the higher median household income ($121,800 vs $75,262 in Anoka). Lino Lakes has the higher median home value ($385,000 vs $292,900 in Anoka).

Population, income & housing

	Anoka	Lino Lakes
Population	17,941	21,847
Median age	40.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,262	$121,800
Median home value	$292,900	$385,000
Median gross rent	$1,200	$1,744
Housing units	7,732	7,769
Homeownership rate	57.3%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anoka	Lino Lakes
Population	17,471 → 17,941 (+2.7%)	21,404 → 21,847 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$58,576 → $75,262 (+28.5%)	$115,368 → $121,800 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$203,100 → $292,900 (+44.2%)	$293,100 → $385,000 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,200 (+24.7%)	$1,363 → $1,744 (+28.0%)

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

Lino Lakes

Population

21,40421,847

Median household income

$115,368$121,800

Median home value

$293,100$385,000

Median gross rent

$1,363$1,744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anoka	Lino Lakes
Under 5	6.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.7%
75 and over	8.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anoka	Lino Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	86.2%
Black or African American	7.8%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.6%
Asian	4.3%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anoka	Lino Lakes
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	29.4%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anoka	Lino Lakes
Drove alone	77.4%	73.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	3.2%
Public transit	0.5%	1.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	20.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anoka	Lino Lakes
1-unit, detached	49.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	25.8%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Anoka	Lino Lakes
Poverty rate	7.9%	2.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1973	1993