Annandale vs Howard Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Annandale and Howard Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Annandale has the higher population (3,365 vs 1,864 in Howard Lake). Howard Lake has the higher median household income ($99,464 vs $50,536 in Annandale). Howard Lake has the higher median home value ($239,100 vs $195,100 in Annandale).

Population, income & housing

	Annandale	Howard Lake
Population	3,365	1,864
Median age	44.1 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,536	$99,464
Median home value	$195,100	$239,100
Median gross rent	$967	$930
Housing units	1,416	881
Homeownership rate	77.2%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Annandale	Howard Lake
Population	3,387 → 3,365 (-0.6%)	1,881 → 1,864 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$46,536 → $50,536 (+8.6%)	$52,731 → $99,464 (+88.6%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $195,100 (+13.4%)	$153,800 → $239,100 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $967 (+69.1%)	$774 → $930 (+20.2%)

Annandale

Population

3,3873,365

Median household income

$46,536$50,536

Median home value

$172,100$195,100

Median gross rent

$572$967

Howard Lake

Population

1,8811,864

Median household income

$52,731$99,464

Median home value

$153,800$239,100

Median gross rent

$774$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Annandale	Howard Lake
Under 5	3.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	12.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	7.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	7.0%	17.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.1%
75 and over	16.2%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Annandale	Howard Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Annandale	Howard Lake
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Annandale	Howard Lake
Drove alone	78.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	3.8%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Annandale	Howard Lake
1-unit, detached	68.0%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Annandale	Howard Lake
Poverty rate	14.4%	6.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1985	1991