Columbia Heights vs Ham Lake

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

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

Columbia Heights has the higher population (22,016 vs 16,575 in Ham Lake). Ham Lake has the higher median household income ($116,845 vs $74,688 in Columbia Heights). Ham Lake has the higher median home value ($430,100 vs $259,900 in Columbia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia Heights	Ham Lake
Population	22,016	16,575
Median age	36.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,688	$116,845
Median home value	$259,900	$430,100
Median gross rent	$1,278	$1,319
Housing units	9,282	6,024
Homeownership rate	65.3%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia Heights	Ham Lake
Population	20,118 → 22,016 (+9.4%)	16,434 → 16,575 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$57,882 → $74,688 (+29.0%)	$103,655 → $116,845 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$177,300 → $259,900 (+46.6%)	$306,700 → $430,100 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,278 (+28.8%)	$1,089 → $1,319 (+21.1%)

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

Ham Lake

Population

16,43416,575

Median household income

$103,655$116,845

Median home value

$306,700$430,100

Median gross rent

$1,089$1,319

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia Heights	Ham Lake
Under 5	7.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	18.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.7%
75 and over	6.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia Heights	Ham Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	91.1%
Black or African American	24.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia Heights	Ham Lake
No high school diploma	8.8%	4.2%
High school graduate	30.9%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia Heights	Ham Lake
Drove alone	68.4%	80.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.6%
Public transit	4.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.7%	13.8%
Other means	2.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia Heights	Ham Lake
1-unit, detached	58.6%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.4%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Columbia Heights	Ham Lake
Poverty rate	14.4%	4.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1962	1993