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Columbus, KS

2,922 Population
2.4 square miles 1,201 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,807 ±$3,520 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $29,839 ±$1,054
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$39,777 ±$6,354 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $56,930 ±$1,811
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

17.1% ±5.4% (490  ±156) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 17.3% 30,883 (±1.4% / ±2,423)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

16.1 minutes ±2.2 (18,515  ±3,687) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 19.9 1,521,685 (±0.5 / ±48,893)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

1,279 ±110 Number of households
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 69,472 ±734
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.2 ±0.2 (2,856  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.6 178,440 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

5.1% ±5.8% (32  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.7% † 2,744 (±1.1% / ±454)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

1,448 ±120 Number of housing units
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 77,654 ±110
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$66,700 ±$11,542 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $151,800 ±$4,206
  • about one-third of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

12% ±6.4% (347  ±,186.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.9% 24,850 (±1% / ±1,744.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

91% ±11.8% (1,954  ±,279.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 88.6% 107,226 (±2% / ±2,416.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
21.4% ±5.8% (460  ±,128.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.9% 28,909 (±1.1% / ±1,284.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

0.3% ±0.6% (9  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 3.9% 7,158
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

8.3% ±4.9% (197  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 8.4% 11,487 (±0.5% / ±746)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
197 Total veterans ±118 191 Male ±117 6 Female ±11

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