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Columbia CCD, Richland County, SC

173,579 Population
92.1 square miles 1,883.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Richland County: 34.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,230 ±$1,378 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Richland County: $37,859 ±$933
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,998 ±$2,200 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Richland County: $63,784 ±$1,530
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23% ±1.7% (37,019  ±2,814) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Richland County: 17.2% 67,959 (±1.1% / ±4,204)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.7 minutes ±0.7 (1,422,530  ±74,823) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Richland County: 23.1 4,113,890 (±0.5 / ±107,571)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

72,117 ±1,845 Number of households
  • Richland County: 167,961 ±1,263
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (160,342  ±3,720) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Richland County: 2.4 395,231 (±0 / ±291)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±0.8% (2,308  ±411) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Richland County: 4.7% † 5,336 (±0.7% / ±818)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

83,683 ±1,692 Number of housing units
  • Richland County: 187,611 ±138
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$225,300 ±$7,204 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Richland County: $242,800 ±$4,791
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23% ±1.3% (39,499  ±2,435.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Richland County: 20% 83,499 (±1.1% / ±4,403.5)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.8% ±1.1% (94,684  ±2,516.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Richland County: 92.2% 247,857 (±1.7% / ±4,638.9)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
41.6% ±1.1% (43,348  ±1,573.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Richland County: 40.7% 109,402 (±1.1% / ±2,957)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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% ±0.7% (10,379  ±1,278) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Richland County: 6% 25,204
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±0.7% (9,665  ±1,003) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Richland County: 9.7% 31,245 (±0.5% / ±1,599)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
9,665 Total veterans ±1,003 8,192 Male ±809 1,473 Female ±397

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