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Columbus, MN

4,211 Population
44.8 square miles 93.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$47,354 ±$3,716 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $51,500 ±$286
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$117,917 ±$29,984 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $98,180 ±$598
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

3.4% ±2.5% (143  ±102) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 8.2% 296,604 (±0.2% / ±7,206)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

28.2 minutes ±1.5 (59,530  ±7,288) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 24.5 38,727,024 (±0.1 / ±202,097)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

1,637 ±104 Number of households
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,458,896 ±3,198
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.6 ±0.2 (4,211  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 2.5 3,626,864 (±0 / ±384)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

4% ±3.5% (34  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 5.5% 47,412 (±0.2% / ±1,472)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

1,699 ±91 Number of housing units
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,530,451 ±449
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$439,200 ±$25,633 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $354,400 ±$1,011
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

6.2% ±3% (261  ±126.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 12.9% 471,868 (±0.2% / ±7,602.8)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

98.3% ±8.8% (3,024  ±325.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 94.2% 2,378,131 (±0.4% / ±11,082.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
29.4% ±4.9% (903  ±159.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 44.9% 1,132,499 (±0.3% / ±7,018.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

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

1.7% ±1.2% (70  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 10.7% 396,708
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

6.3% ±2% (215  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 5.5% 153,969 (±0.1% / ±2,540)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
215 Total veterans ±68 215 Male ±68 N/A Female ±9

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