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Columbus, WI

5,493 Population
4.5 square miles 1,210.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$43,201 ±$4,592 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $49,799 ±$959
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$74,957 ±$10,494 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $86,827 ±$1,403
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

8% ±4.2% (437  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 10% 66,580 (±0.4% / ±2,967)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

24.9 minutes ±1.8 (63,570  ±8,459) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 21.7 6,831,615 (±0.2 / ±94,628)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

2,434 ±189 Number of households
  • the Madison, WI Metro Area: 295,527 ±999
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.2 ±0.2 (5,399  ±18) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 2.3 666,304 (±0 / ±570)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

4.5% ±3.4% (67  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 4.1% 7,089 (±0.3% / ±580)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

2,497 ±196 Number of housing units
  • the Madison, WI Metro Area: 309,095 ±312
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$225,700 ±$19,401 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $344,600 ±$3,285
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

15.3% ±5.9% (836  ±320.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 17.1% 115,671 (±0.6% / ±3,705.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

95.3% ±10% (3,826  ±437.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 95.9% 442,262 (±1% / ±4,683.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
31.4% ±5.7% (1,261  ±235) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 49.3% 227,351 (±0.7% / ±3,125.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

3.4% ±2% (184  ±112) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 7.6% 52,050
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8.9% ±3.5% (384  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 5% 27,216 (±0.2% / ±1,256)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
384 Total veterans ±150 345 Male ±147 39 Female ±45

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