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Columbus, IN

51,824 Population
28.7 square miles 1,807.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,783 ±$2,177 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: $41,608 ±$1,483
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,456 ±$4,545 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: $79,901 ±$3,751
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±1.5% (5,726  ±778) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 10.5% † 8,609 (±1.3% / ±1,106)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.4 minutes ±1.3 (422,420  ±34,386) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 21.5 765,245 (±1 / ±44,676)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,726 ±590 Number of households
  • the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 33,359 ±397
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (50,865  ±675) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 2.5 82,447 (±0 / ±23)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±1.9% (818  ±230) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 5.7% † 1,056 (±1.3% / ±242)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

23,035 ±498 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 35,668 ±72
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$244,200 ±$7,471 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: $232,800 ±$5,792
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.8% ±2.5% (8,607  ±1,273.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 14.3% † 11,823 (±1.8% / ±1,462.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±3.5% (32,601  ±1,387.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 92% 51,904 (±3% / ±1,707.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40% ±2.3% (14,147  ±874.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 34.1% 19,237 (±1.8% / ±1,017.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about 10 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

15.9% ±1.2% (8,224  ±623) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 11.2% 9,326
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±0.9% (2,113  ±337) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbus, IN Metro Area: 5.7% † 3,598 (±0.7% / ±458)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,113 Total veterans ±337 1,890 Male ±321 223 Female ±119

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