Circle Pines vs Columbus

A side-by-side comparison of Circle Pines and Columbus: population, income, housing, and more.

Circle Pines and Columbus are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Circle Pines has the higher population (4,980 vs 4,211 in Columbus). Columbus has the higher median household income ($117,917 vs $96,477 in Circle Pines). Columbus has the higher median home value ($439,200 vs $277,300 in Circle Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Circle Pines	Columbus
Population	4,980	4,211
Median age	38.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,477	$117,917
Median home value	$277,300	$439,200
Median gross rent	$1,337	$1,534
Housing units	2,027	1,699
Homeownership rate	81.6%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Circle Pines	Columbus
Population	4,950 → 4,980 (+0.6%)	4,055 → 4,211 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$83,224 → $96,477 (+15.9%)	$89,773 → $117,917 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$197,100 → $277,300 (+40.7%)	$275,300 → $439,200 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,308 → $1,337 (+2.2%)	$888 → $1,534 (+72.7%)

Circle Pines

Population

4,9504,980

Median household income

$83,224$96,477

Median home value

$197,100$277,300

Median gross rent

$1,308$1,337

Columbus

Population

4,0554,211

Median household income

$89,773$117,917

Median home value

$275,300$439,200

Median gross rent

$888$1,534

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Circle Pines	Columbus
Under 5	6.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	21.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	14.3%
75 and over	4.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Circle Pines	Columbus
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	92.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	5.2%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Circle Pines	Columbus
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	20.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Circle Pines	Columbus
Drove alone	78.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	15.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Circle Pines	Columbus
1-unit, detached	67.1%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	19.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.6%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Circle Pines	Columbus
Poverty rate	4.9%	3.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1982	1984