Blaine vs Columbia Heights

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

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

Blaine has the higher population (71,261 vs 22,016 in Columbia Heights). Blaine has the higher median household income ($103,382 vs $74,688 in Columbia Heights). Blaine has the higher median home value ($327,500 vs $259,900 in Columbia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Blaine	Columbia Heights
Population	71,261	22,016
Median age	37.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$103,382	$74,688
Median home value	$327,500	$259,900
Median gross rent	$1,707	$1,278
Housing units	25,955	9,282
Homeownership rate	85.0%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blaine	Columbia Heights
Population	64,114 → 71,261 (+11.1%)	20,118 → 22,016 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$84,933 → $103,382 (+21.7%)	$57,882 → $74,688 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$230,900 → $327,500 (+41.8%)	$177,300 → $259,900 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,707 (+37.6%)	$992 → $1,278 (+28.8%)

Blaine

Population

64,11471,261

Median household income

$84,933$103,382

Median home value

$230,900$327,500

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,707

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)

	Blaine	Columbia Heights
Under 5	6.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	18.6%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.1%
75 and over	4.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blaine	Columbia Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	51.5%
Black or African American	8.6%	24.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	9.5%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blaine	Columbia Heights
No high school diploma	6.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	24.9%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blaine	Columbia Heights
Drove alone	69.9%	68.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.8%
Public transit	1.0%	4.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.8%	17.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blaine	Columbia Heights
1-unit, detached	65.2%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	9.1%
20 or more units	5.7%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Blaine	Columbia Heights
Poverty rate	6.4%	14.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1995	1962