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Columbus town, Columbia County, WI

556 Population
31 square miles 17.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.6 ±8.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Columbia County: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,810 ±$10,865 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Columbia County: $42,924 ±$990
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$100,982 ±$18,650 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Columbia County: $85,351 ±$2,745
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.4% ±5% (58  ±30) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Columbia County: 7.8% † 4,396 (±1.1% / ±593)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.7 minutes ±4.5 (6,285  ±2,149) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbia County: 26 681,620 (±0.7 / ±24,843)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

205 ±41 Number of households
  • Columbia County: 24,158 ±332
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (530  ±113) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Columbia County: 2.4 56,669 (±0 / ±192)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

225 ±45 Number of housing units
  • Columbia County: 26,880 ±99
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$355,300 ±$34,999 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Columbia County: $283,200 ±$7,359
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±6.1% (33  ±34.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Columbia County: 9.5% † 5,458 (±1.1% / ±632.4)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98% ±0.3% (392  ±74.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbia County: 94% 39,651 (±2.5% / ±1,056.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25% ±8.8% (100  ±39.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Columbia County: 26% 10,958 (±1.4% / ±568.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • 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

1.3% ±1.4% (7  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Columbia County: 2.4% 1,391
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±2.4% (16  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Columbia County: 7.9% 3,635 (±0.7% / ±314)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
16 Total veterans ±11 16 Male ±11 N/A Female ±10

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