Anoka vs Ramsey

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

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

Ramsey has the higher population (28,070 vs 17,941 in Anoka). Ramsey has the higher median household income ($112,060 vs $75,262 in Anoka). Ramsey has the higher median home value ($345,000 vs $292,900 in Anoka).

Population, income & housing

	Anoka	Ramsey
Population	17,941	28,070
Median age	40.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,262	$112,060
Median home value	$292,900	$345,000
Median gross rent	$1,200	$1,780
Housing units	7,732	10,419
Homeownership rate	57.3%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anoka	Ramsey
Population	17,471 → 17,941 (+2.7%)	26,638 → 28,070 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$58,576 → $75,262 (+28.5%)	$95,014 → $112,060 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$203,100 → $292,900 (+44.2%)	$251,900 → $345,000 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,200 (+24.7%)	$1,399 → $1,780 (+27.2%)

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

Ramsey

Population

26,63828,070

Median household income

$95,014$112,060

Median home value

$251,900$345,000

Median gross rent

$1,399$1,780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anoka	Ramsey
Under 5	6.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	21.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.4%
75 and over	8.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anoka	Ramsey
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	82.5%
Black or African American	7.8%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anoka	Ramsey
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.5%
High school graduate	29.4%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anoka	Ramsey
Drove alone	77.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	4.2%
Public transit	0.5%	1.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	14.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anoka	Ramsey
1-unit, detached	49.5%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	18.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	25.8%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Anoka	Ramsey
Poverty rate	7.9%	3.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1973	1995