Columbia Heights, MN (55421)

Columbia Heights, MN (ZIP 55421) sits in Anoka County within the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area. The page draws on 2 federal data feeds retrieved Apr 27. Top health signal: Obesity comes in above the national average at 38.0%. NCES lists 12 schools serving the area, 12 non-charter. 10 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $9,546. IRS data shows average household income (AGI) of $57,598 per tax return. FEMA has issued 24 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1965 — a high-frequency exposure profile. Only 5.2% of residents under 65 are uninsured (County Health Rankings, 2025) — well below the national county median. 38.3% of residents in this county are flagged low-access by USDA's 2025 Food Environment Atlas — a notable supermarket-access gap. New residents arriving here predominantly come from Hennepin County, MN (IRS SOI Migration, 2022-2023). Healthcare access and school options both run strong here, giving residents a wide menu of providers and enrollment choices nearby. Notable: median household income $71,001, fair market rent of $1,530 for a two-bedroom, and a typical home value of $297,790, up 1.1% over the past year. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.

Demographics

HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.

Home values

Source: Zillow Research, ZHVI All Homes (SFR, Condo/Co-op) Time Series (zillow.com/research/data). Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) is copyrighted by Zillow, Inc.

New housing construction

Apartment construction (5+ unit buildings) accounts for 44% of new units this year — the area is densifying, not just adding single-family stock.

Aggregated from 3 counties touching this ZIP (2024).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (census.gov/construction/bps). Public domain. BPS reports annual residential building permits from local permit-issuing jurisdictions, aggregated to county. A permit reflects intent to build, not a completed unit — actual construction lags by 6-24 months for multifamily projects.

Income & tax statistics

Source: IRS Statistics of Income — Individual Income Tax Statistics by ZIP Code (irs.gov). Public domain. Dollar columns reported in thousands by the IRS; figures here display real dollars. Total ZCTA AGI for the area was $887.0M across all reported brackets.

Business & employment

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Business Patterns (census.gov). Public domain. ZBP covers establishments with paid employees; Census suppresses employment and payroll values when fewer employers operate in a ZIP than would protect their confidentiality.

Employment & wages

Average annual pay tracks the US national average of about $65,470 per worker.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (bls.gov/cew). Public domain. QCEW is derived from state unemployment-insurance filings and covers ~95% of US jobs. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches; small-employer cells are suppressed by BLS to protect employer confidentiality.

Unemployment

Based on Anoka County, MN data (2024).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (bls.gov/lau). Public domain. LAUS publishes monthly and annual labor-force estimates for every US county. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches.

Banking access

Based on FDIC-insured branch offices as of June 30, 2024.

Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits (fdic.gov). Annual June-30 snapshot of every FDIC-insured branch and the deposits booked there. Figures cover all institutions reporting a branch address in this ZIP.

Alternative-fuel stations

Active public stations only. Snapshot taken 2026; AFDC's underlying registry refreshes continuously as stations open and close.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy via NREL (afdc.energy.gov). Per-ZIP counts of active public alternative-fuel stations (electric, hydrogen, propane, CNG, biodiesel, E85, LNG, renewable diesel) and EV charging-port totals.

Public libraries

Public libraries provide free WiFi, computer access, children's programming, job-seeking resources, and meeting space — community infrastructure beyond books. FY2023 outlet inventory from the federal Public Libraries Survey.

Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services (imls.gov). Per-ZIP counts of active public-library outlets — central buildings, branches, and bookmobiles — operated by federally reporting library systems.

Social Vulnerability Index

The Social Vulnerability Index uses U.S. Census data to identify communities most at risk during public health emergencies and natural disasters. Higher percentiles indicate greater vulnerability. Tract-level scores are aggregated to this ZCTA via Census 2020 ZCTA→Tract crosswalk, weighted by land-area share. Source: atsdr.cdc.gov. Public domain.

Federal Disaster Declarations

FEMA declares disasters at the county level; counts here include every federally declared disaster touching any county that overlaps this ZIP. Statewide declarations and pre-1964 records without county granularity are excluded. Program flags reflect which FEMA assistance categories were activated (Individual Assistance, Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation). Source: fema.gov/openfema. Public domain.

Air quality

Based on Anoka County data (2024).

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System (epa.gov). Public domain. Only counties with EPA AQS monitoring stations appear here (~30% of US counties); rural ZIPs whose primary county has no monitor will not show this section.

Community health profile

Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 6.8% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.

Based on Anoka data (2025 CHR release).

Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (countyhealthrankings.org). Annual release. Underlying source datasets vary by measure (CDC BRFSS, NCHS Vital Statistics, AHA, USDA Food Environment Atlas, and others). Figures are county-level and assigned to every ZIP whose primary county matches.

Food access

Among low-income residents, 6.5% are low-access — those without a supermarket within 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural).

Per-1,000 figures show how many of each store type exist in Anoka County, MN for every 1,000 residents. Higher grocery and supercenter density usually means easier access to fresh food; higher convenience-store-only density (with low grocery rate) often signals a food swamp.

Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Environment Atlas (ers.usda.gov). County-level metrics fanned to ZIP via the primary county in the Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Variable years differ per family (stores ~2020, low-access ~2019).

Who’s moving in and out

Incoming households reported an average AGI of $60,963 versus departing households' $66,131.

Source: U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Migration Data (irs.gov). Public domain. Migration is measured by year-over-year changes in the address on individual tax returns; figures are county-level totals attributed to ZIPs whose primary county matches. Foreign migration contributes to inflow/outflow totals but does not appear in the top-county lists. Small flows are suppressed by IRS to protect taxpayer confidentiality.

Data sources used on this page

Health profile

Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.

Schools in this ZIP

12 schools serve this ZIP, including 12 non-charter.

Showing top 5 by enrollment. 7 more schools serve this ZIP.

Schools listed from NCES Common Core of Data via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal.

Colleges & universities nearby

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  Minneapolis, MN · 55455

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $17,214

  Out-of-state tuition

  $38,362

  Acceptance rate

  79.8%

  Graduation rate

  85.0%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $69,020

  Median student debt

  $19,500

• Capella University

  Minneapolis, MN · 55402

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $14,400

  Out-of-state tuition

  $14,400

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  26.7%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $42,189

  Median student debt

  $14,968

• Walden University

  Minneapolis, MN · 55401

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $12,762

  Out-of-state tuition

  $12,762

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  —

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $42,810

  Median student debt

  $20,834

• Normandale Community College

  Bloomington, MN · 55431

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $6,329

  Out-of-state tuition

  $6,329

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  23.3%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $50,207

  Median student debt

  $12,000

• Minneapolis Community and Technical College

  Minneapolis, MN · 55403

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $6,161

  Out-of-state tuition

  $6,161

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  18.2%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $40,086

  Median student debt

  $17,954

• Anoka-Ramsey Community College

  Coon Rapids, MN · 55433

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $5,682

  Out-of-state tuition

  $5,682

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  27.3%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $48,342

  Median student debt

  $13,500

• North Hennepin Community College

  Brooklyn Park, MN · 55445

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $5,061

  Out-of-state tuition

  $5,061

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  19.1%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $51,142

  Median student debt

  $14,750

• Hennepin Technical College

  Brooklyn Park, MN · 55445

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $5,940

  Out-of-state tuition

  $5,940

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  42.8%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $49,460

  Median student debt

  $11,433

• Augsburg University

  Minneapolis, MN · 55454

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $45,452

  Out-of-state tuition

  $45,452

  Acceptance rate

  82.0%

  Graduation rate

  52.1%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $58,829

  Median student debt

  $25,347

• Dunwoody College of Technology

  Minneapolis, MN · 55403

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $27,836

  Out-of-state tuition

  $27,836

  Acceptance rate

  98.9%

  Graduation rate

  64.5%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $61,511

  Median student debt

  $16,000

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (collegescorecard.ed.gov). Public domain data. Earnings figures reflect median earnings 10 years after entry for federally-aided students.

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