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Census Tract 9306, Columbus, NC

3,052 Population
81.3 square miles 37.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Fair Bluff: 45.8 † ±12.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Columbus County: 42.6 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,479 ±$5,274 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Fair Bluff: $22,976 † ±$4,999
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Columbus County: $27,773 ±$1,307
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$58,186 ±$14,504 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Fair Bluff: $31,389 † ±$6,946
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Columbus County: $49,442 † ±$4,924
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

18.9% ±8% (577  ±256) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fair Bluff: 28.3% † 196 (±12.2% / ±107)
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbus County: 18.2% † 8,710 (±2.2% / ±1,043)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

31.5 minutes ±7 (47,735  ±14,510) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Fair Bluff: 19.5 † 6,170 (±12.1 / ±2,479)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Columbus County: 29.3 534,690 (±1.5 / ±35,018)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,412 ±211 Number of households
  • Fair Bluff: 310 † ±96
  • Columbus County: 20,048 ±392
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.4 (3,041  ±402) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Fair Bluff: 2.2 † 688 (±0.3 / ±234)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbus County: 2.4 47,872 (±0.1 / ±118)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

7.8% ±4.7% (52  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Fair Bluff: 28.5% † 41 (±11.2% / ±32)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Columbus County: 4.9% † 489 (±1.4% / ±143)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,676 ±216 Number of housing units
  • Fair Bluff: 464 † ±110
  • Columbus County: 23,563 ±60
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$157,700 ±$66,246 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Fair Bluff: $101,400 † ±$95,566
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Columbus County: $146,000 ±$11,896
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

11.4% ±5.9% (341  ±182.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Fair Bluff: 14.7% † 96 (±11.3% / ±80.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Columbus County: 8.4% † 4,140 (±1.1% / ±536.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85.8% ±7.8% (1,901  ±338.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fair Bluff: 77.9% 369 (±5% / ±123)
  • about the same as the rate in Columbus County: 86.8% 30,841 (±3.4% / ±1,215.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
14.7% ±5.3% (325  ±128.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Fair Bluff: 8.9% † 42 (±10.5% / ±51.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Columbus County: 14.6% † 5,188 (±1.5% / ±522.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

4% ±2.9% (123  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Fair Bluff: 8.8% † 61 (±10.1% / ±73)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Columbus County: 3.3% 1,666
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.7% ±3.3% (194  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fair Bluff: 10.9% † 60 (±4.9% / ±34)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Columbus County: 6.7% † 2,668 (±1% / ±386)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
194 Total veterans ±87 187 Male ±85 7 Female ±9

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