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Columbia township, Whitley County, IN

11,801 Population
36.7 square miles 321.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whitley County: 41.8 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$33,854 ±$1,944 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whitley County: $37,540 ±$1,848
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$68,408 ±$7,248 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whitley County: $75,790 ±$4,154
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

12.9% ±2.9% (1,478  ±329) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Whitley County: 10.7% † 3,627 (±2.1% / ±701)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

19.1 minutes ±2 (101,980  ±13,190) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Whitley County: 22.6 355,225 (±0.8 / ±17,921)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

5,049 ±272 Number of households
  • Whitley County: 13,929 ±257
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.3 ±0.1 (11,490  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whitley County: 2.4 34,015 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

8.8% ±3.3% (241  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Whitley County: 8% † 578 (±2.2% / ±162)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

5,314 ±259 Number of housing units
  • Whitley County: 14,940 ±80
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$192,000 ±$19,638 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Whitley County: $205,200 ±$10,261
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

16.9% ±3.6% (1,958  ±422.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Whitley County: 11.9% † 4,050 (±1.9% / ±659.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

91.8% ±6.5% (7,432  ±594.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Whitley County: 92.1% 22,037 (±4% / ±964.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
23.8% ±3.9% (1,927  ±325.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Whitley County: 22.8% 5,450 (±2.1% / ±508.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

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

1.2% ±0.8% (146  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Whitley County: 1.2% 399
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

9.4% ±2.6% (855  ±241) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Whitley County: 7.5% † 1,972 (±1.2% / ±321)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
855 Total veterans ±241 736 Male ±220 119 Female ±82

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