Columbia Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 22,278 people and six associated neighborhoods, Columbia Heights is the 53rd largest community in Minnesota.

Also of interest is that Columbia Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.70% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Columbia Heights use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Columbia Heights‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

The overall education level of Columbia Heights citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.89% of adults in Columbia Heights have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Columbia Heights in 2022 was $37,103, which is middle income relative to Minnesota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,412 for a family of four. However, Columbia Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Columbia Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Columbia Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Columbia Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Columbia Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.34% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Columbia Heights include German, Somalian, Irish, Polish, and Norwegian.

Columbia Heights also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.71%.

The most common language spoken in Columbia Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.