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Columbus township, St. Clair County, MI

4,106 Population
36.6 square miles 112 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in St. Clair County: 44.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,525 ±$4,749 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in St. Clair County: $37,100 ±$908
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$91,591 ±$12,530 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in St. Clair County: $69,349 ±$1,699
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

3.6% ±1.8% (147  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in St. Clair County: 11% 17,388 (±0.8% / ±1,285)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

30.6 minutes ±1.8 (55,050  ±6,582) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in St. Clair County: 28.7 1,938,525 (±0.7 / ±58,240)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,558 ±112 Number of households
  • St. Clair County: 66,618 ±617
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.6 ±0.2 (4,098  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in St. Clair County: 2.4 158,591 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4% ±3.8% (37  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Clair County: 5.7% † 1,881 (±0.9% / ±304)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

1,567 ±116 Number of housing units
  • St. Clair County: 72,467 ±92
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$297,500 ±$27,349 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in St. Clair County: $213,900 ±$3,861
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

7.2% ±5.3% (294  ±213.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in St. Clair County: 10% 15,895 (±0.8% / ±1,231.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

93.5% ±9.4% (2,608  ±313.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in St. Clair County: 92.1% 105,962 (±1.8% / ±2,082.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
30.8% ±7% (858  ±202.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in St. Clair County: 20.3% 23,387 (±0.9% / ±1,024.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% ±1.1% (50  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in St. Clair County: 2% 3,162
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

9% ±2.9% (270  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in St. Clair County: 7.1% 9,046 (±0.4% / ±562)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
270 Total veterans ±88 253 Male ±87 17 Female ±25

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