Work & commute · Columbia Heights

Work & commute in Columbia Heights, MN

Most working residents leave Columbia Heights for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (30%), St. Paul (7%) and Fridley (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

372 of 9,822 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,450 Columbia Heights residents head out of town to work, 372 work right here, and 4,339 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Columbia Heights.

9,450live here, work elsewhere

372live and work here

4,339work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Columbia Heights goes to work

Minneapolis6 mi away

30%2,984

St. Paul9.8 mi away

7%669

Fridley2.5 mi away

5%445

Columbia Heights (in town)right here

4%372

Roseville5.1 mi away

3%306

Plymouth10.7 mi away

3%253

Maple Grove11.4 mi away

2%239

Edina12.2 mi away

2%220

Brooklyn Park6.6 mi away

2%196

Blaine8.6 mi away

2%190

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%3,948

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Columbia Heights commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

67%

27%

67%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Columbia Heights is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.48 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Columbia Heights are

4,711 jobs are based in Columbia Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Columbia Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Columbia Heights

4,711 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Columbia Heights residents hold

9,822 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+49%

Jobs based in Columbia Heights, 2013 → 2023: 3,167 → 4,711. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.