Columbia Heights vs Lino Lakes

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

Columbia Heights and Lino Lakes 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 21,847 in Lino Lakes). Lino Lakes has the higher median household income ($121,800 vs $74,688 in Columbia Heights). Lino Lakes has the higher median home value ($385,000 vs $259,900 in Columbia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia Heights	Lino Lakes
Population	22,016	21,847
Median age	36.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,688	$121,800
Median home value	$259,900	$385,000
Median gross rent	$1,278	$1,744
Housing units	9,282	7,769
Homeownership rate	65.3%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia Heights	Lino Lakes
Population	20,118 → 22,016 (+9.4%)	21,404 → 21,847 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$57,882 → $74,688 (+29.0%)	$115,368 → $121,800 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$177,300 → $259,900 (+46.6%)	$293,100 → $385,000 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,278 (+28.8%)	$1,363 → $1,744 (+28.0%)

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

Lino Lakes

Population

21,40421,847

Median household income

$115,368$121,800

Median home value

$293,100$385,000

Median gross rent

$1,363$1,744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia Heights	Lino Lakes
Under 5	7.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	18.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.7%
75 and over	6.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia Heights	Lino Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	86.2%
Black or African American	24.7%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	4.7%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia Heights	Lino Lakes
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	30.9%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia Heights	Lino Lakes
Drove alone	68.4%	73.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.2%
Public transit	4.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	20.2%
Other means	2.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia Heights	Lino Lakes
1-unit, detached	58.6%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.2%
20 or more units	14.4%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Columbia Heights	Lino Lakes
Poverty rate	14.4%	2.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1962	1993