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Columbia, MD

101,936 Population
31.9 square miles 3,192.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2

Economics

$64,547 ±$3,714 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $52,346 ±$816
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
$136,002 ±$9,487 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $98,666 ±$2,168
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404

7.1% ±2.8% (7,222  ±2,871) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 9.2% 257,321 (±0.6% / ±15,257)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)

27.9 minutes ±0.3 (1,173,190  ±56,765) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 29.4 34,523,896 (±0.1 / ±262,290)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)

Families

40,930 ±2,776 Number of households
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,140,975 ±5,248
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
2.5 ±0.1 (101,197  ±8,012) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 2.5 2,794,539 (±0 / ±346)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638

4.7% ±2.9% (1,098  ±702) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 4.3% † 29,538 (±0.5% / ±3,344)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)

Housing

42,337 ±2,800 Number of housing units
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,212,112 ±163
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274

$539,200 ±$28,527 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $403,000 ±$5,339
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089

10.4% ±3.1% (10,448  ±3,212.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 10.9% 308,408 (±0.7% / ±18,480.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)

Social

95.6% ±9.5% (69,427  ±4,846.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 92.6% 1,848,995 (±1.2% / ±23,844.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
64.6% ±2.5% (46,889  ±3,766.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 45.3% 903,460 (±0.8% / ±16,542.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)

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

18.2% ±3.3% (18,572  ±3,678) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 12.2% 349,506
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852

8% ±1.9% (6,371  ±1,569) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 6.7% 149,146 (±0.3% / ±7,489)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
6,371 Total veterans ±1,569 5,495 Male ±1,445 876 Female ±411

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