Columbia Heights vs Ramsey

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

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

Ramsey has the higher population (28,070 vs 22,016 in Columbia Heights). Ramsey has the higher median household income ($112,060 vs $74,688 in Columbia Heights). Ramsey has the higher median home value ($345,000 vs $259,900 in Columbia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia Heights	Ramsey
Population	22,016	28,070
Median age	36.6 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,688	$112,060
Median home value	$259,900	$345,000
Median gross rent	$1,278	$1,780
Housing units	9,282	10,419
Homeownership rate	65.3%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia Heights	Ramsey
Population	20,118 → 22,016 (+9.4%)	26,638 → 28,070 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$57,882 → $74,688 (+29.0%)	$95,014 → $112,060 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$177,300 → $259,900 (+46.6%)	$251,900 → $345,000 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,278 (+28.8%)	$1,399 → $1,780 (+27.2%)

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

Ramsey

Population

26,63828,070

Median household income

$95,014$112,060

Median home value

$251,900$345,000

Median gross rent

$1,399$1,780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia Heights	Ramsey
Under 5	7.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	18.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.4%
75 and over	6.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia Heights	Ramsey
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	82.5%
Black or African American	24.7%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia Heights	Ramsey
No high school diploma	8.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	30.9%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia Heights	Ramsey
Drove alone	68.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.2%
Public transit	4.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	14.8%
Other means	2.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia Heights	Ramsey
1-unit, detached	58.6%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	18.2%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	14.4%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Columbia Heights	Ramsey
Poverty rate	14.4%	3.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1962	1995