Columbia Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 22,243 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.

A relatively large number of people in Columbia Heights telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.17% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

The overall education level of Columbia Heights citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.68% 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 $35,617, 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 $142,468 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 12.90% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Columbia Heights include German, Irish, Somalian, Norwegian, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Columbia Heights's cultural character, accounting for 20.53% of the city’s population.

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