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Columbia, NC

674 Population
1.2 square miles 548.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±12.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tyrrell County: 46 ±2.8
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$15,795 ±$5,233 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tyrrell County: $22,294 † ±$3,139
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$21,118 ±$9,679 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Tyrrell County: $43,952 † ±$19,342
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

35.3% ±16.2% (238  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tyrrell County: 20.8% † 585 (±8% / ±226)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

34.6 minutes ±28 (9,040  ±5,077) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tyrrell County: 30.9 † 32,590 (±6.8 / ±9,310)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

287 ±99 Number of households
  • Tyrrell County: 1,426 † ±152
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.3 (669  ±243) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tyrrell County: 2 † 2,835 (±0.2 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

14.7% ±20% (19  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tyrrell County: 9.4% † 55 (±7.1% / ±43)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

455 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Tyrrell County: 2,004 ±174
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$120,700 ±$42,582 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tyrrell County: $138,400 † ±$29,148
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

11.5% ±9.6% (76  ±69.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Tyrrell County: 12% † 403 (±4% / ±135.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

77.4% ±11.3% (342  ±142.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tyrrell County: 80.5% † 2,067 (±9.3% / ±278)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
16.1% ±10.9% (71  ±55.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tyrrell County: 14.7% † 378 (±4.4% / ±115.1)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

16.9% ±12.2% (114  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Tyrrell County: 8.5% 288
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

2.2% ±2.2% (10  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Tyrrell County: 6% † 168 (±2.7% / ±75)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
10 Total veterans ±11 10 Male ±11 N/A Female ±14

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