Columbia Heights vs Coon Rapids

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

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

Coon Rapids has the higher population (63,348 vs 22,016 in Columbia Heights). Coon Rapids has the higher median household income ($86,618 vs $74,688 in Columbia Heights). Coon Rapids has the higher median home value ($287,200 vs $259,900 in Columbia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia Heights	Coon Rapids
Population	22,016	63,348
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,688	$86,618
Median home value	$259,900	$287,200
Median gross rent	$1,278	$1,418
Housing units	9,282	25,198
Homeownership rate	65.3%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia Heights	Coon Rapids
Population	20,118 → 22,016 (+9.4%)	62,517 → 63,348 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$57,882 → $74,688 (+29.0%)	$71,267 → $86,618 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$177,300 → $259,900 (+46.6%)	$204,700 → $287,200 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,278 (+28.8%)	$1,137 → $1,418 (+24.7%)

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

Coon Rapids

Population

62,51763,348

Median household income

$71,267$86,618

Median home value

$204,700$287,200

Median gross rent

$1,137$1,418

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia Heights	Coon Rapids
Under 5	7.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	18.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.5%
75 and over	6.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia Heights	Coon Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	72.5%
Black or African American	24.7%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	4.7%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia Heights	Coon Rapids
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia Heights	Coon Rapids
Drove alone	68.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.6%
Public transit	4.0%	1.7%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.7%	11.7%
Other means	2.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia Heights	Coon Rapids
1-unit, detached	58.6%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	19.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	14.4%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Columbia Heights	Coon Rapids
Poverty rate	14.4%	8.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1962	1983