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Columbia City, IN

9,975 Population
5.5 square miles 1,816.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$34,873 ±$2,523 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $36,444 ±$526
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$65,000 ±$9,338 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $69,378 ±$1,127
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

14.5% ±3.3% (1,396  ±322) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 11.8% 52,233 (±0.7% / ±3,038)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

18.8 minutes ±1.5 (84,620  ±10,523) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 21.9 4,387,340 (±0.3 / ±72,346)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

4,378 ±278 Number of households
  • the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 179,472 ±916
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.2 ±0.2 (9,728  ±415) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 2.5 444,809 (±0 / ±82)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

9.1% ±4% (211  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 5.9% † 6,247 (±0.6% / ±631)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

4,679 ±265 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 191,399 ±166
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$184,300 ±$24,160 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $194,000 ±$2,602
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

18.7% ±4.3% (1,836  ±427.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 13.9% 61,867 (±0.7% / ±3,233)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

90.9% ±6.2% (6,118  ±525.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 90.7% 269,755 (±1.2% / ±3,591)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
24.9% ±4.1% (1,677  ±286.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 29.7% 88,297 (±0.7% / ±2,064.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

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

2.1% ±1.2% (213  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 6.9% 31,058
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

9.3% ±2.8% (714  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 6.7% 22,444 (±0.3% / ±1,033)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
714 Total veterans ±218 666 Male ±217 48 Female ±51

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