
Indiana · Census place 01738
Anoka, IN population, income and housing data
Quick answer
The population of the city of Anoka, Indiana (Anoka, IN — Census place “Anoka CDP”) is 400 residents, ranking #560 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $34,167, the median home is worth $11,800 and median gross rent runs $941 a month.
- Population
- 400Anoka CDP residents
- Median household income
- $34,167Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $11,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $941Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 33.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 69.9%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Anoka CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Anoka CDP median would spend about 33% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 0.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 36.2% of residents and 69.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Anoka CDP, IN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Anoka CDP is a very small community in Indiana, with 400 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #560 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 42% of them. The median age here is 33.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Anoka CDP earn a median of $34,167 a year, 56.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 44% below the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 36.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Anoka CDP is valued at $11,800, 96.1% below the national figure and 92% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $941 a month, 33.1% below the national figure, or roughly $11,292 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 33% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 0.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 69.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
Anoka CDP is the unusual combination of expensive to rent and cheap to buy: rent takes 33% of median income while homes cost only 0.3× it. Where that pattern shows up, the gap is normally down to down-payment and credit barriers rather than price. With 400 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Anoka CDP against its county rather than against national figures.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Indiana.
- Waverly CDP 1,006
- Lynnville town 1,011
- St. Leon town 1,012
- Utica town 1,017
- St. Paul town 1,019
- English town 1,025
- Shirley town 1,026
- Topeka town 1,037
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Anoka CDP?
- Anoka CDP has 400 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #560 of 976 in Indiana.
- What is the median household income in Anoka CDP?
- Median household income in Anoka CDP is $34,167 a year, 56.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Anoka CDP?
- Median gross rent is $941 a month and the median home value is $11,800, so rent absorbs about 33% of median household income.
- Is Anoka CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 0.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Anoka CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 33% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Anoka CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.