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Columbus, KS

2,902 Population
2.4 square miles 1,192.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,659 ±$4,139 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $30,805 ±$843
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$39,936 ±$6,520 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $60,146 ±$1,560
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

19.4% ±6.2% (550  ±175) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 16.4% 32,515 (±1.2% / ±2,310)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19 minutes ±2.2 (24,290  ±4,276) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 20.4 1,739,455 (±0.5 / ±51,513)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

1,360 ±109 Number of households
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 78,178 ±807
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0.2 (2,826  ±14) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 198,605 (±0 / ±85)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

6.3% ±6.7% (39  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.4% † 2,924 (±0.9% / ±428)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

1,426 ±123 Number of housing units
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 87,651 ±110
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$85,800 ±$22,895 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $157,000 ±$3,790
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

13.8% ±7% (395  ±,199.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.8% 27,553 (±1.1% / ±2,098.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

94.5% ±11.9% (1,944  ±,300.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 89.2% 120,192 (±1.7% / ±2,297.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
22.7% ±6.4% (466  ±,138.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 24% 32,370 (±0.9% / ±1,222.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

1.1% ±1.7% (31  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 4% 8,150
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

6.2% ±3.8% (147  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 8.1% 12,323 (±0.5% / ±762)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
147 Total veterans ±90 140 Male ±87 7 Female ±12

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