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Columbus, MT

2,003 Population
1.4 square miles 1,459.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Billings, MT Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,115 ±$6,930 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Billings, MT Metro Area: $44,339 ±$1,481
  • a little higher than the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,250 ±$16,643 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Billings, MT Metro Area: $77,194 ±$2,674
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11% ±4.8% (215  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Billings, MT Metro Area: 9.1% 16,814 (±0.7% / ±1,290)
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.1 minutes ±5.7 (25,885  ±7,298) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Billings, MT Metro Area: 19.8 1,700,480 (±0.6 / ±57,089)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

893 ±115 Number of households
  • the Billings, MT Metro Area: 78,371 ±3,447
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.4 (1,952  ±247) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Billings, MT Metro Area: 2.4 185,524 (±0.1 / ±95)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.9% ±1.3% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Billings, MT Metro Area: 6.9% † 2,924 (±1.1% / ±465)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

943 ±118 Number of housing units
  • the Billings, MT Metro Area: 85,351 ±3,295
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$282,800 ±$24,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Billings, MT Metro Area: $355,200 ±$5,858
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±3.4% (176  ±70.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Billings, MT Metro Area: 13.7% 25,714 (±1.1% / ±2,076.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±3.5% (1,363  ±175.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Billings, MT Metro Area: 95.6% 126,213 (±1.9% / ±2,522.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24% ±5.1% (346  ±85.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Billings, MT Metro Area: 34.1% 44,989 (±1.2% / ±1,547.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • 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

3% ±0.8% (59  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Billings, MT Metro Area: 1.8% 3,434
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.1% ±4.5% (213  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Billings, MT Metro Area: 9.4% 13,728 (±0.6% / ±804)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
213 Total veterans ±77 185 Male ±69 28 Female ±28

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