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Columbus township, St. Clair County, MI

4,206 Population
36.6 square miles 114.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in St. Clair County: 44.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,576 ±$5,218 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in St. Clair County: $38,214 ±$1,024
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$93,844 ±$12,916 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in St. Clair County: $71,270 ±$1,351
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.3% ±1.9% (180  ±80) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in St. Clair County: 11.3% 17,872 (±0.9% / ±1,412)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30 minutes ±1.7 (55,650  ±6,980) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in St. Clair County: 28.5 1,952,565 (±0.6 / ±55,681)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,609 ±93 Number of households
  • St. Clair County: 67,816 ±583
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (4,200  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in St. Clair County: 2.3 158,767 (±0 / ±36)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±5.1% (68  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in St. Clair County: 5.7% † 1,871 (±0.9% / ±309)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,621 ±96 Number of housing units
  • St. Clair County: 72,799 ±121
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$323,200 ±$43,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in St. Clair County: $224,600 ±$3,575
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±5.7% (342  ±236.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in St. Clair County: 9.5% 15,017 (±0.9% / ±1,384.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±9.7% (2,688  ±322.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in St. Clair County: 92% 106,414 (±1.9% / ±2,139.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.9% ±7.2% (859  ±214.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in St. Clair County: 20.3% 23,488 (±0.9% / ±1,040.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.2% ±1.1% (50  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in St. Clair County: 2% 3,240
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±2.8% (221  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in St. Clair County: 7.1% 9,016 (±0.4% / ±473)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
221 Total veterans ±88 221 Male ±88 N/A Female ±11

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