Anoka vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Anoka and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Anoka and Oak Grove 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 9,031 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($114,679 vs $75,262 in Anoka). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($394,100 vs $292,900 in Anoka).

Population, income & housing

	Anoka	Oak Grove
Population	17,941	9,031
Median age	40.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,262	$114,679
Median home value	$292,900	$394,100
Median gross rent	$1,200	$2,052
Housing units	7,732	3,268
Homeownership rate	57.3%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anoka	Oak Grove
Population	17,471 → 17,941 (+2.7%)	8,682 → 9,031 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$58,576 → $75,262 (+28.5%)	$106,146 → $114,679 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$203,100 → $292,900 (+44.2%)	$285,800 → $394,100 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,200 (+24.7%)	$1,336 → $2,052 (+53.6%)

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

Oak Grove

Population

8,6829,031

Median household income

$106,146$114,679

Median home value

$285,800$394,100

Median gross rent

$1,336$2,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anoka	Oak Grove
Under 5	6.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	20.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.5%
75 and over	8.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anoka	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	92.8%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anoka	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	29.4%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anoka	Oak Grove
Drove alone	77.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	12.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anoka	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	49.5%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	25.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Anoka	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	7.9%	1.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1973	1989