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Columbia, TN

45,441 Population
36.5 square miles 1,245.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,500 ±$1,635 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: $47,249 ±$520
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,719 ±$4,360 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: $85,447 ±$984
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.2% ±2.5% (6,316  ±1,100) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 10.4% 212,218 (±0.4% / ±7,167)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28 minutes ±1.3 (531,560  ±38,675) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 27.8 24,610,776 (±0.2 / ±250,718)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,039 ±514 Number of households
  • the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 829,134 ±3,058
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (44,443  ±55) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 2.5 2,041,918 (±0 / ±278)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±1.8% (494  ±209) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 5.5% 28,648 (±0.3% / ±1,457)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,918 ±412 Number of housing units
  • the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 897,206 ±272
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$308,700 ±$14,594 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: $409,600 ±$2,934
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±2.4% (5,493  ±1,086.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 14.8% 303,943 (±0.4% / ±7,856)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±4.3% (27,337  ±1,387.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 91.9% 1,301,574 (±0.7% / ±9,752.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.4% ±2.2% (7,590  ±679.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 40.9% 579,475 (±0.4% / ±6,198.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • 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

4.5% ±1.1% (2,034  ±493) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 9.6% 200,017
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±1% (2,091  ±330) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 5.9% 94,635 (±0.1% / ±2,311)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,091 Total veterans ±330 2,033 Male ±327 58 Female ±48

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