Little Canada vs Vadnais Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Little Canada and Vadnais Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vadnais Heights has the higher population (12,789 vs 10,546 in Little Canada). Vadnais Heights has the higher median household income ($91,946 vs $71,370 in Little Canada). Vadnais Heights has the higher median home value ($334,500 vs $302,600 in Little Canada).

Population, income & housing

	Little Canada	Vadnais Heights
Population	10,546	12,789
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,370	$91,946
Median home value	$302,600	$334,500
Median gross rent	$1,350	$1,342
Housing units	4,969	5,658
Homeownership rate	67.3%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Canada	Vadnais Heights
Population	10,451 → 10,546 (+0.9%)	13,444 → 12,789 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$52,842 → $71,370 (+35.1%)	$77,413 → $91,946 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$242,500 → $302,600 (+24.8%)	$242,500 → $334,500 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,350 (+34.7%)	$1,104 → $1,342 (+21.6%)

Little Canada

Population

10,45110,546

Median household income

$52,842$71,370

Median home value

$242,500$302,600

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,350

Vadnais Heights

Population

13,44412,789

Median household income

$77,413$91,946

Median home value

$242,500$334,500

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Canada	Vadnais Heights
Under 5	6.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.6%
75 and over	6.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Canada	Vadnais Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	72.9%
Black or African American	8.2%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	13.6%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Canada	Vadnais Heights
No high school diploma	8.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	17.2%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Canada	Vadnais Heights
Drove alone	72.1%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.1%
Public transit	1.9%	0.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.1%	18.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Canada	Vadnais Heights
1-unit, detached	36.9%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	24.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	6.0%
20 or more units	44.7%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Little Canada	Vadnais Heights
Poverty rate	10.1%	5.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1979	1985