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Columbia, MD

101,379 Population
31.9 square miles 3,174.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2

Economics

$63,634 ±$5,465 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $50,140 ±$694
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $50,728 ±$489
$115,564 ±$12,755 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $94,289 ±$1,744
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $98,678 ±$1,292

7.6% ±3.5% (7,611  ±3,542) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 9.9% 273,463 (±0.5% / ±13,307)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,160 (±0.3% / ±20,592)

28.5 minutes ±0.5 (1,251,520  ±62,497) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 29.7 35,490,380 (±0.1 / ±270,570)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

42,978 ±2,629 Number of households
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,127,320 ±5,282
  • Maryland: 2,384,715 ±7,944
2.4 ±0.1 (100,897  ±7,911) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 2.5 2,775,565 (±0 / ±494)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.5 6,055,057

2.3% ±1.3% (546  ±321) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 5.2% 35,026 (±0.5% / ±3,326)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,658 (±0.3% / ±4,934)

Housing

44,678 ±2,755 Number of housing units
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,204,528 ±277
  • Maryland: 2,572,382 ±567

$475,300 ±$18,314 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $385,900 ±$4,185
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $413,600 ±$3,126

15.7% ±4.4% (15,761  ±4,576) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 10.7% 299,384 (±0.6% / ±16,441.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 11% 673,817 (±0.4% / ±26,954.4)

Social

96.9% ±9.6% (68,063  ±4,689.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 92.3% 1,822,644 (±1.2% / ±23,868.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,917,459 (±0.8% / ±33,511.9)
59.3% ±2.4% (41,651  ±3,415.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 44.4% 876,208 (±0.8% / ±15,038.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 43.8% 1,880,000 (±0.5% / ±22,089)

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

17.9% ±3.6% (18,109  ±3,875) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 12.2% 345,485
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 17% 1,051,891

8.1% ±1.9% (6,319  ±1,580) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 6.5% 143,343 (±0.3% / ±6,043)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.7% 318,150 (±0.2% / ±8,991)
6,319 Total veterans ±1,580 5,596 Male ±1,561 723 Female ±383

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