What is the population of Anoka city?

Anoka city has 17,941 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Anoka city?

Median household income in Anoka city is $75,262 a year, 4.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Anoka city?

Median gross rent is $1,200 a month and the median home value is $292,900, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.

Is Anoka city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Anoka city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Anoka, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Anoka, Minnesota (Anoka, MN — Census place “Anoka city”) is 17,941 residents, ranking #66 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $75,262, the median home is worth $292,900 and median gross rent runs $1,200 a month. Looking for the Anoka Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Anoka, MN: 55303.

Population: 17,941Anoka city residents
Median household income: $75,262Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $292,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,200Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 57.3%Owner-occupied households

Anoka ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Anoka.

The Anoka MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

55303

What the numbers mean in Anoka city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Anoka city median would spend about 19.1% 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 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.9% of residents and 57.3% 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 city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Anoka city is a mid-size town in Minnesota, with 17,941 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #66 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 40 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Anoka city earn a median of $75,262 a year, 4.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota 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 7.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Anoka city is valued at $292,900, 3.5% below the national figure and 22% above the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,200 a month, 14.7% below the national figure, or roughly $14,400 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 57.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Anoka city?: Anoka city has 17,941 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Anoka city?: Median household income in Anoka city is $75,262 a year, 4.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Anoka city?: Median gross rent is $1,200 a month and the median home value is $292,900, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.
Is Anoka city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Anoka city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Anoka city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.