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Columbus, NC

1,166 Population
3.8 square miles 310.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.9 ±11.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 54.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,139 ±$4,123 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Polk County: $38,444 ±$2,744
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$56,083 ±$14,572 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $61,005 ±$5,732
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

15.2% ±8% (169  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 13.7% † 2,643 (±2.9% / ±557)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

22.2 minutes ±3.3 (10,475  ±4,011) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 27.6 206,130 (±1.7 / ±18,136)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

510 ±131 Number of households
  • Polk County: 8,727 ±219
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.2 (1,111  ±304) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 2.2 19,341 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2% ±4.2% (5  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 2.9% † 97 (±2% / ±66)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

550 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 10,949 ±28
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$210,100 ±$35,270 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Polk County: $281,100 ±$17,038
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.3% ±5.5% (154  ±75.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 11.1% † 2,183 (±2.3% / ±455.1)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.9% ±25.5% (777  ±151.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 91.9% 14,301 (±4.6% / ±718.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
22.7% ±7.8% (208  ±85.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 32.9% 5,122 (±2.8% / ±429.9)
  • about two-thirds of 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

11.2% ±9.2% (131  ±113) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 4.4% 864
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.7% ±2.6% (47  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 8.8% † 1,462 (±1.4% / ±224)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
47 Total veterans ±28 36 Male ±25 11 Female ±8

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