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Columbus, IN

51,104 Population
28.7 square miles 1,782.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$43,017 ±$1,847 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: $41,174 ±$1,217
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$76,856 ±$5,812 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: $80,365 ±$4,774
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

12.9% ±1.8% (6,438  ±924) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 12% † 9,813 (±1.6% / ±1,305)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

18.3 minutes ±0.9 (402,505  ±25,665) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 20.5 739,850 (±0.8 / ±35,986)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

21,314 ±555 Number of households
  • the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 32,984 ±461
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.4 ±0.1 (50,163  ±592) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 2.5 81,867 (±0 / ±33)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

7% ±2.1% (821  ±240) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 5.9% † 1,094 (±1.4% / ±262)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

22,809 ±477 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 35,517 ±47
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$231,000 ±$8,456 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: $221,100 ±$8,046
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

17.6% ±2.5% (8,895  ±1,275.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 15.2% † 12,462 (±2% / ±1,674.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

92.6% ±3.4% (32,037  ±1,283.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 92.2% 51,643 (±2.8% / ±1,591.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
41.3% ±2.4% (14,285  ±858.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 35.4% 19,829 (±1.8% / ±1,030.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

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

15.1% ±1.3% (7,734  ±651) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 10.5% 8,694
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

5.6% ±0.8% (2,144  ±324) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 5.7% † 3,589 (±0.6% / ±384)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
2,144 Total veterans ±324 1,895 Male ±278 249 Female ±129

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