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Columbia, MO

128,545 Population
67.2 square miles 1,913.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 33.4 ±0.6
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$35,091 ±$2,449 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $35,661 ±$1,838
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $36,640 ±$419
$58,067 ±$2,870 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $62,044 ±$3,248
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $64,811 ±$733

22.5% ±2.6% (26,845  ±3,109) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 17.1% 34,704 (±1.6% / ±3,347)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 13.2% 791,030 (±0.4% / ±21,823)

16.5 minutes ±0.5 (992,960  ±40,248) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 19.7 1,947,530 (±0.6 / ±64,550)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.8 62,486,084 (±0.1 / ±394,655)

Families

52,954 ±1,816 Number of households
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 87,953 ±1,805
  • Missouri: 2,521,832 ±11,480
2.3 ±0.1 (119,239  ±524) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 2.3 203,242 (±0.1 / ±2,132)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,014,174

3.2% ±1.5% (1,287  ±592) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 4.3% † 2,502 (±1.4% / ±829)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 5.3% 74,145 (±0.4% / ±5,045)

Housing

55,962 ±1,399 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 93,969 ±849
  • Missouri: 2,826,295 ±607

$271,800 ±$15,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $250,700 ±$12,144
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $221,200 ±$2,019

22.5% ±3.3% (28,700  ±4,202.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 17.1% † 36,251 (±2.1% / ±4,385.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.9% 790,852 (±0.3% / ±21,003.3)

Social

96% ±5% (69,742  ±4,052.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 94.6% 126,111 (±3.7% / ±5,189)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,878,393 (±0.7% / ±30,655)
57.2% ±4% (41,581  ±3,079.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 47.3% 63,083 (±2.7% / ±3,650)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 32.2% 1,364,017 (±0.4% / ±18,291.8)

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

6.7% ±1.4% (8,609  ±1,753) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 4.9% † 10,573 (±0.7% / ±1,480)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.1% 252,575

5.4% ±1.3% (5,647  ±1,298) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 6.1% † 10,494 (±1% / ±1,666)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 7.1% 341,834 (±0.2% / ±9,753)
5,647 Total veterans ±1,298 4,975 Male ±1,199 672 Female ±462

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