Oak Park Heights vs Scandia

A side-by-side comparison of Oak Park Heights and Scandia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak Park Heights has the higher population (4,782 vs 3,966 in Scandia). Scandia has the higher median household income ($100,179 vs $84,639 in Oak Park Heights). Scandia has the higher median home value ($471,900 vs $333,600 in Oak Park Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Park Heights	Scandia
Population	4,782	3,966
Median age	51.7 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,639	$100,179
Median home value	$333,600	$471,900
Median gross rent	$1,428	$978
Housing units	2,428	1,595
Homeownership rate	49.5%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Park Heights	Scandia
Population	4,889 → 4,782 (-2.2%)	4,112 → 3,966 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$61,181 → $84,639 (+38.3%)	$97,167 → $100,179 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$245,400 → $333,600 (+35.9%)	$387,400 → $471,900 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $1,428 (-13.0%)	$1,064 → $978 (-8.1%)

Oak Park Heights

Population

4,8894,782

Median household income

$61,181$84,639

Median home value

$245,400$333,600

Median gross rent

$1,641$1,428

Scandia

Population

4,1123,966

Median household income

$97,167$100,179

Median home value

$387,400$471,900

Median gross rent

$1,064$978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Park Heights	Scandia
Under 5	3.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	6.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	17.2%
75 and over	23.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Park Heights	Scandia
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	1.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Park Heights	Scandia
No high school diploma	3.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	23.2%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Park Heights	Scandia
Drove alone	79.8%	66.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	20.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Park Heights	Scandia
1-unit, detached	36.8%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	42.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Oak Park Heights	Scandia
Poverty rate	5.5%	2.6%
Average household size	1.88	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1988	1978