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Columbia borough, Lancaster County, PA

10,217 Population
2.4 square miles 4,232.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lancaster County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,827 ±$3,561 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lancaster County: $41,319 ±$659
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$52,271 ±$6,984 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lancaster County: $83,703 ±$1,740
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

17.4% ±4.6% (1,728  ±454) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Lancaster County: 8.7% 47,050 (±0.6% / ±3,054)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

26.5 minutes ±3.1 (126,490  ±18,165) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lancaster County: 24 5,914,540 (±0.4 / ±109,905)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

4,667 ±320 Number of households
  • Lancaster County: 210,536 ±704
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.2 (9,991  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lancaster County: 2.6 540,847 (±0 / ±84)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.9% ±4.6% (133  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 6.4% 7,866 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

5,072 ±317 Number of housing units
  • Lancaster County: 217,863 ±184
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$174,200 ±$16,658 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lancaster County: $279,400 ±$2,570
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

7.6% ±2% (762  ±203) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lancaster County: 10.8% 59,411 (±0.6% / ±3,207.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

82.4% ±5.8% (6,520  ±544) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lancaster County: 87.2% 329,018 (±1.2% / ±4,330.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
17.2% ±3.2% (1,358  ±261.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Lancaster County: 31% 116,943 (±0.7% / ±2,505.3)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

3.3% ±1.7% (332  ±175) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lancaster County: 5.6% 31,113
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.3% ±2.4% (723  ±212) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lancaster County: 5.9% 24,963 (±0.3% / ±1,236)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
723 Total veterans ±212 652 Male ±210 71 Female ±44

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