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Columbia Heights city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Columbia Heights city is a Census city of 22,155 people across 3.41 square miles of land, in Anoka County. Median household income is $73,691, 65.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $108,000.
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Columbia Heights
What Columbia Heights is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.41 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land6,501
- County holding the largest share of its areaAnoka County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbia Heights
How many people live in Columbia Heights
- Population22,155
- Median age36.8
- Population under 184,640
- Share under 1820.9 percent
- Population 65 and over3,201
- Share 65 and over14.4 percent
- Households8,877
- Family households4,802
- Share of households that are families54.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbia Heights
Income and work in Columbia Heights
- Median household income$73,691
- Per capita income$38,781
- Civilian labor force12,756
- Employed12,056
- Unemployed700 plus or minus 197
- Unemployment rate5.5 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over15,618
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.0 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Columbia Heights
- Housing units9,321
- Occupied units8,877
- Vacant units444 plus or minus 158
- Vacancy rate4.8 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Owner occupied5,854
- Renter occupied3,023
- Ownership rate65.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$277,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,295
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.1 percent
- Single family units6,486
- Share single family69.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,818
- Share in buildings of two or more30.2 percent
- Mobile homes17 plus or minus 19
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Columbia Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,497
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,564
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,811
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.6 percent
- Drove alone66.1 percent
- Carpooled8.4 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Public transport3.4 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home18.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Columbia Heights (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$108,000
- Average approval$54,000
- Median approval$63,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$63,000
- Largest approval$63,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Columbia Heights
SBA loans in Columbia Heights (504)
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$2,368,000
- Average approval$338,286
- Median approval$293,000
- Largest approval$544,000
- Jobs supported46
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Anoka County, not Columbia Heights
Anoka County context, not Columbia Heights figures
These are Anoka County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Columbia Heights measurements.
- Establishments in Anoka County8,438
- Employment at those establishments, Anoka County123,486
- Covered employment, Anoka County133,130
- Average annual pay, Anoka County$65,235
- Average weekly wage, Anoka County$1,255
- Housing units permitted, Anoka County1,062
- Of those, single family, Anoka County898
- County product, 2024, Anoka County$20,602,517,000
- County product change over the prior year, Anoka County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Anoka County$63,023
Every figure in this section is published for Anoka County as a whole and is not a measurement of Columbia Heights. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Columbia Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Columbia Heights, Minnesota?
22,155, in 8,877 households. Columbia Heights city covers 3.41 square miles of land, which is 6,501 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Columbia Heights in?
Anoka County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Columbia Heights?
$73,691. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $277,600. Median gross rent is $1,295 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Columbia Heights businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $108,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $63,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $2.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Columbia Heights, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Columbia Heights borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Columbia Heights. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Columbia Heights figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Anoka County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Columbia Heights.
Is zoning published for Columbia Heights?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.