Your Guide to Buying a Home in Andover, MN

Buying a Home in Andover, Minnesota

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Andover is located in Anoka County

Population: 26,588 Andover is an exciting place to live and do business. Once touted as the best kept secret of Anoka County, Andover has become a place with a rapidly growing population, excellent work force and a place where businesses have room to expand. Andover is a strongly residential community. Andover's population has rapidly grown from 9,387 in 1980 to more than 25,000 today. On the average, 400 new homes are constructed each year with a wide variety of lot sizes and price ranges.

Andover has added thousands of new housing units over the last five years in a wide variety of price ranges and lot sizes. The total number of Houses in Andover is 4,519. 94.9% are owner occupied. The median value of the houses is $96,000 and the median year they were built was 1979. The average number of rooms per house is seven with the median home consisting of three bedrooms. In 1999, residential permits numbered 411 and were issued at a value of $47.7 million.

Commercial activities have increased accordingly with the construction of a number of new businesses. In 1999, five commercial building permits were issued valued at $1.4 million. The Commercial Park is near full capacity. The City's largest employers are Kottkes Bus Service, Festival Foods, Andover and Crooked Lake Elementary Schools, Ed Fields & Sons, the Anoka Park Clinic, and the Anoka County Highway Department. Farming continues to thrive in Andover with over 1600-acres of vegetable and sod farms in the Agricultural Preserve Program. Per Capita Income was $15,464. The median household income was $46,515. The general level of Education in Andover is some college, but no degree. 23.6% of the labor force is working in manufacturing jobs. Retail trade makes up 15.1% of the jobs in Andover. 8.2% of the jobs are in construction. Health services make up 7.3% of the labor force. Work in the educational fields consist of 7.0%. The average time to work is 30 minutes. Rush hour is 7am to 7:29am. 96.3% drive or carpool to work.

Andover is served by one of the finest school systems in the state, the St. Francis School District #15 and Anoka Hennepin School District #11. St. Francis School District #15 covers the northern section of the City. With newly constructed facilities and excellent programs, the St. Francis schools provide excellent educational opportunities for approximately 4,500 students.

Anoka Hennepin School District #11, serves the south four-fifths of the City and covers 172 square miles and includes 27 elementary schools, six middle schools, four senior high schools, and two kindergarten centers. The per pupil expenditure is $6,154, with the student to teacher ratio of 20:1. The total enrollment is 39,000 students in grades K-12. The City and District #11 co-sponsor one of the largest community education programs within the District. The Community Education provides classes for youth and adults at Crooked Lake Elementary, Andover Elementary, and Meadow Creek Middle School. Numerous private and public colleges and universities may be found throughout the metropolitan area within 20 miles.

More than 400-acres of community and neighborhood parks exist in Andover. The City Hall Park Complex consists of 36 acres of playing fields and playground equipment. Many small neighborhood parks are being developed by the City. Several other recreational facilities include the Crooked Lake Boat Landing and several canoe access points on the Rum River. More than 400 acres of the Anoka County/Bunker Hills Regional Park are within the City of Andover. The park facilities include; hiking/biking trails, cross country ski trails, activities center, camping and many of the outdoor recreational facilities. The Kelsey/Round Lake Park features the lake and 115-acre nature area for hiking and skiing. Sunshine Park encompasses six ball fields and a pavilion. The City maintains numerous ice and hockey rinks.

Andover, Minnesota is located 25-35 minutes on the northern edge of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, 20 miles north of Minneapolis. Residents are only minutes away from a cosmopolitan mix of activities such as downtown shopping, universities, athletic events, theater, and other entertainment.

Andover is served by a full-time police department. A professional volunteer fire department also serves the community.

The City's water source is wells with a storage capacity of 1.5 million gallons. Electricity is provided by Connexus Energy and natural gas by Minnegasco. Wastewater treatment is provided through the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services.