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Columbus, NE

24,188 Population
10.6 square miles 2,280.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 37.5 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$35,400 ±$2,082 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: $36,109 ±$1,648
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$67,212 ±$4,332 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: $75,501 ±$3,364
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

9.7% ±1.8% (2,320  ±438) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 8.7% † 3,857 (±1.6% / ±703)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

14.2 minutes ±2.1 (168,625  ±25,321) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 15.9 349,695 (±1.3 / ±29,680)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

9,664 ±272 Number of households
  • the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 17,037 ±266
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.5 ±0.1 (23,868  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 2.6 44,385 (±0 / ±25)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

6.8% ±2.2% (341  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 8% † 712 (±1.9% / ±171)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

10,234 ±220 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 18,206 ±41
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$198,900 ±$8,189 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: $194,600 ±$7,565
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

12.3% ±2.5% (2,930  ±606.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 8.8% † 3,871 (±1.4% / ±636.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

90.3% ±4.9% (14,239  ±819.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 86.8% 25,118 (±3.6% / ±1,047.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
23.3% ±2.7% (3,668  ±430.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 21.8% 6,314 (±1.8% / ±517.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

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

15% ±2.1% (3,624  ±506) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 16% 7,186
  • about double the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

5.8% ±1.1% (1,032  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 5.6% † 1,828 (±0.9% / ±306)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
1,032 Total veterans ±190 983 Male ±178 49 Female ±52

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