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Columbia township, Whitley County, IN

11,895 Population
36.7 square miles 324.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whitley County: 41.3 ±1
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,983 ±$2,610 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whitley County: $38,313 ±$1,895
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,071 ±$6,467 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whitley County: $78,083 ±$4,394
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±3% (1,478  ±352) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Whitley County: 9.9% † 3,392 (±1.9% / ±637)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.4 minutes ±1.9 (106,030  ±13,616) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whitley County: 22.6 359,350 (±1 / ±21,221)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,057 ±246 Number of households
  • Whitley County: 14,029 ±249
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (11,587  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Whitley County: 2.4 34,264 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.5% ±3.4% (296  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Whitley County: 8.9% † 658 (±2.1% / ±157)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,243 ±249 Number of housing units
  • Whitley County: 15,030 ±35
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$200,600 ±$17,808 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whitley County: $219,400 ±$9,316
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±3.4% (1,779  ±393.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Whitley County: 11.4% † 3,908 (±2.1% / ±718.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±6.4% (7,569  ±602) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Whitley County: 93% 22,510 (±4.1% / ±999.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.1% ±3.6% (1,952  ±298.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Whitley County: 23.6% 5,720 (±2.2% / ±523)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • 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

1.1% ±0.8% (133  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Whitley County: 1% 341
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.6% ±2.4% (879  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Whitley County: 7.5% † 2,006 (±1.1% / ±292)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
879 Total veterans ±221 758 Male ±202 121 Female ±76

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