Columbia Heights is home to 22,155 people in Minnesota. Density works out to 6,501 people per square mile. The foreign-born share is 22%. 3,635 more people live here than in 2000. That trails the Minnesota median by roughly 17%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $277,600.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $73,691, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.8
US median: 38.9
Average education
32% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 48%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Columbia Heights
What changed most since 1990
White share94.6% → 48.3%(−46.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share1.7% → 26.8%(+25.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Poverty rate8.5% → 16.3%(+7.8 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Columbia Heights's population equals 6.0% of Anoka County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 14% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 15% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)14.1%(116)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.7%(137)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era31.6%(260)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War12%(99)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.8%(23)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 822 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Columbia Heights, decade by decade
Columbia Heights population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
18,910
$73,128
$177,845
12.6%
13.0
2000
18,520
$73,890
$187,448
17.6%
32.3
2010
19,496
$74,180
$265,416
22.3%
67.9
2020
21,973
$73,665
$234,772
28.3%
82.2
2024
22,155
$73,691
$277,600
32.5%
83.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
