Andover vs Columbia Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Andover and Columbia Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Andover and Columbia Heights are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Andover has the higher population (32,825 vs 22,016 in Columbia Heights). Andover has the higher median household income ($131,528 vs $74,688 in Columbia Heights). Andover has the higher median home value ($389,200 vs $259,900 in Columbia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Columbia Heights
Population	32,825	22,016
Median age	39.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$131,528	$74,688
Median home value	$389,200	$259,900
Median gross rent	$1,827	$1,278
Housing units	11,289	9,282
Homeownership rate	93.8%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Columbia Heights
Population	32,733 → 32,825 (+0.3%)	20,118 → 22,016 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$109,930 → $131,528 (+19.6%)	$57,882 → $74,688 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$289,500 → $389,200 (+34.4%)	$177,300 → $259,900 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,655 → $1,827 (+10.4%)	$992 → $1,278 (+28.8%)

Andover

Population

32,73332,825

Median household income

$109,930$131,528

Median home value

$289,500$389,200

Median gross rent

$1,655$1,827

Columbia Heights

Population

20,11822,016

Median household income

$57,882$74,688

Median home value

$177,300$259,900

Median gross rent

$992$1,278

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Columbia Heights
Under 5	6.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	18.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.1%
75 and over	5.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Columbia Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	51.5%
Black or African American	4.5%	24.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Columbia Heights
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	19.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Columbia Heights
Drove alone	76.5%	68.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.5%	4.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	17.0%	17.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Columbia Heights
1-unit, detached	91.6%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	9.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Columbia Heights
Poverty rate	3.4%	14.4%
Average household size	2.95	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1993	1962