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Columbia township, Tyrrell County, NC

2,277 Population
69.4 square miles 32.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±8.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Tyrrell County: 47.8 † ±5.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,903 ±$5,002 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Tyrrell County: $23,668 † ±$3,789
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,250 ±$14,240 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tyrrell County: $41,685 † ±$12,236
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.6% ±6.9% (346  ±138) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Tyrrell County: 18.7% † 562 (±7.2% / ±216)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.2 minutes ±7.6 (22,915  ±8,352) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Tyrrell County: 34.2 † 37,290 (±3.8 / ±8,915)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

991 ±139 Number of households
  • Tyrrell County: 1,547 ±130
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.1 (1,852  ±279) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Tyrrell County: 1.9 2,998 (±0.2 / ±31)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±10.8% (15  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Tyrrell County: 13.2% † 67 (±9.2% / ±49)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,400 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Tyrrell County: 2,229 ±165
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$184,100 ±$36,732 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tyrrell County: $164,500 † ±$36,394
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.4% ±4.9% (303  ±117.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tyrrell County: 11.1% † 378 (±3.9% / ±134)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.7% ±9.6% (1,634  ±252.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tyrrell County: 83.5% † 2,289 (±9.8% / ±287.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.8% ±4.5% (241  ±88.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tyrrell County: 13% † 357 (±3.9% / ±108.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-third 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

6.8% ±4.7% (155  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tyrrell County: 5.7% 194
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.5% ±4% (224  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tyrrell County: 8.6% † 248 (±2.7% / ±77)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
224 Total veterans ±81 224 Male ±81 N/A Female ±14

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