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Columbus city, Columbia County, WI

5,488 Population
4.5 square miles 1,215.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbia County: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,780 ±$4,512 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Columbia County: $42,924 ±$990
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,427 ±$12,770 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Columbia County: $85,351 ±$2,745
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.9% ±3.8% (374  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Columbia County: 7.8% † 4,396 (±1.1% / ±593)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.4 minutes ±2.7 (63,355  ±10,062) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Columbia County: 26 681,620 (±0.7 / ±24,843)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,454 ±182 Number of households
  • Columbia County: 24,158 ±332
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (5,375  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbia County: 2.4 56,669 (±0 / ±192)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±3.5% (56  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Columbia County: 5.7% † 682 (±1.2% / ±138)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,499 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Columbia County: 26,880 ±99
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$230,600 ±$17,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Columbia County: $283,200 ±$7,359
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17% ±7.6% (929  ±412.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Columbia County: 9.5% † 5,458 (±1.1% / ±632.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.7% ±10.4% (3,909  ±466.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbia County: 94% 39,651 (±2.5% / ±1,056.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.6% ±5.3% (1,117  ±220.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbia County: 26% 10,958 (±1.4% / ±568.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.7% ±1.4% (95  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Columbia County: 2.4% 1,391
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.8% ±3.8% (386  ±169) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbia County: 7.9% 3,635 (±0.7% / ±314)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
386 Total veterans ±169 308 Male ±146 78 Female ±90

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