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Columbia County, WA

4,014 Population
868.6 square miles 4.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,579 ±$5,222 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,810 ±$5,338 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.3% ±3% (370  ±118) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±4.5 (35,200  ±8,178) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,862 ±136 Number of households
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (3,950  ±5) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±6% (64  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,217 ±13 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$271,200 ±$29,295 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±4.9% (495  ±194.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±7.3% (2,743  ±242.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.9% ±4.7% (762  ±146.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • 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

5% (201  ±124) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.6% ±2.6% (381  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
381 Total veterans ±85 356 Male ±80 25 Female ±23

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