Columbus vs Spring Lake Park

A side-by-side comparison of Columbus and Spring Lake Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spring Lake Park has the higher population (6,997 vs 4,211 in Columbus). Columbus has the higher median household income ($117,917 vs $77,112 in Spring Lake Park). Columbus has the higher median home value ($439,200 vs $281,800 in Spring Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Spring Lake Park
Population	4,211	6,997
Median age	47.2 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$117,917	$77,112
Median home value	$439,200	$281,800
Median gross rent	$1,534	$1,375
Housing units	1,699	2,656
Homeownership rate	87.3%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Spring Lake Park
Population	4,055 → 4,211 (+3.8%)	6,535 → 6,997 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$89,773 → $117,917 (+31.4%)	$62,477 → $77,112 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$275,300 → $439,200 (+59.5%)	$190,400 → $281,800 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,534 (+72.7%)	$1,061 → $1,375 (+29.6%)

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

Spring Lake Park

Population

6,5356,997

Median household income

$62,477$77,112

Median home value

$190,400$281,800

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Spring Lake Park
Under 5	4.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	21.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.4%
75 and over	3.6%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Spring Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	61.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	10.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Spring Lake Park
No high school diploma	1.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Spring Lake Park
Drove alone	79.2%	68.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.4%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Spring Lake Park
1-unit, detached	92.3%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	17.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Spring Lake Park
Poverty rate	3.4%	14.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1984	1973