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Columbia City, IN

9,897 Population
5.5 square miles 1,802.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±3.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,441 ±$2,832 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $37,750 ±$626
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,089 ±$6,484 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $71,213 ±$1,005
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.6% ±3.7% (1,309  ±356) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 12% 53,665 (±0.6% / ±2,697)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.2 minutes ±1.6 (82,560  ±10,599) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 22.1 4,436,075 (±0.4 / ±101,418)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,356 ±286 Number of households
  • the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 182,145 ±776
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (9,650  ±463) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 2.5 448,840 (±0 / ±81)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.4% ±3.8% (221  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 6.1% † 6,483 (±0.6% / ±666)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,595 ±291 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 193,389 ±118
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$189,100 ±$19,601 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $214,100 ±$2,550
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.5% ±4% (1,714  ±399.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 13.6% 60,953 (±0.7% / ±3,100.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±5.4% (6,213  ±545.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 90.7% 272,860 (±1.2% / ±3,610.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.7% ±3.8% (1,595  ±274.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 30.2% 90,888 (±0.7% / ±1,989.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.4% ±1% (142  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 6.9% 31,426
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±2.5% (762  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 6.2% 21,161 (±0.3% / ±910)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
762 Total veterans ±198 714 Male ±193 48 Female ±47

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