Mounds View vs Vadnais Heights

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

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

Mounds View has the higher population (12,992 vs 12,789 in Vadnais Heights). Vadnais Heights has the higher median household income ($91,946 vs $90,148 in Mounds View). Vadnais Heights has the higher median home value ($334,500 vs $294,500 in Mounds View).

Population, income & housing

	Mounds View	Vadnais Heights
Population	12,992	12,789
Median age	37.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,148	$91,946
Median home value	$294,500	$334,500
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,342
Housing units	5,417	5,658
Homeownership rate	69.3%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mounds View	Vadnais Heights
Population	13,094 → 12,992 (-0.8%)	13,444 → 12,789 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$67,402 → $90,148 (+33.7%)	$77,413 → $91,946 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$206,700 → $294,500 (+42.5%)	$242,500 → $334,500 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,216 (+31.0%)	$1,104 → $1,342 (+21.6%)

Mounds View

Population

13,09412,992

Median household income

$67,402$90,148

Median home value

$206,700$294,500

Median gross rent

$928$1,216

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)

	Mounds View	Vadnais Heights
Under 5	8.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.6%
75 and over	8.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mounds View	Vadnais Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	72.9%
Black or African American	6.2%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	11.2%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mounds View	Vadnais Heights
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	24.9%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mounds View	Vadnais Heights
Drove alone	71.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.1%
Public transit	2.5%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.3%	18.4%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mounds View	Vadnais Heights
1-unit, detached	54.9%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	24.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	15.6%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Mounds View	Vadnais Heights
Poverty rate	12.5%	5.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1976	1985