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Columbus, TX

3,718 Population
3 square miles 1,248.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±11.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado County: 43.8 ±0.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,929 ±$13,118 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Colorado County: $37,885 ±$3,006
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$57,214 ±$6,424 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado County: $68,554 ±$5,095
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

28% ±11.4% (961  ±393) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Colorado County: 10.7% † 2,140 (±2.5% / ±510)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

22.7 minutes ±14.3 (26,525  ±18,299) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado County: 29.1 † 247,065 (±4.2 / ±38,447)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

1,238 ±182 Number of households
  • Colorado County: 7,577 ±334
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.8 ±0.4 (3,428  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado County: 2.7 20,347 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3.1% ±5.3% (16  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado County: 5.5% † 196 (±2.5% / ±91)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

1,564 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Colorado County: 10,066 ±19
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$219,300 ±$35,322 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado County: $194,000 ±$18,196
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

10.6% ±5.1% (391  ±187.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado County: 6.9% † 1,407 (±2% / ±400.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

88% ±11.2% (1,929  ±332.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado County: 88.4% 12,576 (±5% / ±770)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
27.7% ±8.1% (608  ±191.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado County: 24% † 3,413 (±3% / ±439.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

7.3% ±3.9% (272  ±146) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado County: 8.4% 1,739
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

4.8% ±3.1% (128  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado County: 6.3% † 1,001 (±1.3% / ±198)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
128 Total veterans ±84 128 Male ±84 N/A Female ±15

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