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Census Tract 512, Columbia, PA

3,794 Population
1.7 square miles 2,168.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±3.8 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Bloomsburg: 24.3 ±1
  • a little higher than the figure in Columbia County: 41 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$32,037 ±$6,290 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Bloomsburg: $23,970 † ±$2,483
  • a little less than the amount in Columbia County: $33,218 ±$1,046
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$43,367 ±$15,634 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bloomsburg: $51,536 † ±$6,588
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Columbia County: $64,644 ±$2,531
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

24.2% ±10.4% (918  ±408) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bloomsburg: 26.5% † 2,556 (±6.2% / ±595)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Columbia County: 13.7% † 8,432 (±1.4% / ±881)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

14.8 minutes ±2.6 (29,160  ±7,478) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bloomsburg: 14.7 76,930 (±1.2 / ±10,857)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Columbia County: 21.8 574,105 (±0.3 / ±22,157)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,876 ±231 Number of households
  • Bloomsburg: 4,584 ±290
  • Columbia County: 26,350 ±358
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2 ±0.4 (3,789  ±449) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bloomsburg: 2.1 9,618 (±0.1 / ±78)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbia County: 2.3 61,514 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

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

Housing

2,244 ±255 Number of housing units
  • Bloomsburg: 5,380 ±320
  • Columbia County: 29,824 ±70
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$198,800 ±$34,419 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bloomsburg: $179,100 ±$14,278
  • a little less than the amount in Columbia County: $206,200 ±$5,897
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

17% ±8.8% (646  ±344.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bloomsburg: 27.3% † 3,554 (±4.1% / ±538.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Columbia County: 11.3% † 7,322 (±1.3% / ±858.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

96.2% ±13.8% (2,526  ±519.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bloomsburg: 95.1% 5,818 (±8.7% / ±646.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbia County: 92.6% 40,770 (±2.6% / ±1,156.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
32.5% ±10.1% (853  ±293.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bloomsburg: 32.5% † 1,988 (±6.1% / ±395)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Columbia County: 26.6% 11,716 (±1.6% / ±704.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

3.4% ±3.6% (127  ±137) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bloomsburg: 2.6% † 344 (±1.6% / ±207)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Columbia County: 2.8% 1,811
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

2.2% ±1.7% (68  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bloomsburg: 3.1% † 357 (±1% / ±111)
  • about one-third of the rate in Columbia County: 6.2% 3,355 (±0.5% / ±291)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
68 Total veterans ±54 68 Male ±54 N/A Female ±12

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