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Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA

572,400 Population
4,718.8 square miles 121.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,566 ±$1,294 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$56,285 ±$2,046 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

19.3% ±1.6% (106,252  ±8,919) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.4 minutes ±0.7 (5,132,475  ±211,780) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

230,762 ±3,387 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (549,993  ±3,588) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±1.2% (7,187  ±1,663) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

263,471 ±1,514 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$219,200 ±$11,231 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.7% ±1.3% (77,342  ±7,546) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

89.7% ±2.4% (335,073  ±9,184.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
30.5% ±1.3% (113,793  ±5,016) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

7.6% ±0.4% (35,633  ±1,751.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

4.7% ±0.5% (26,621  ±2,944) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

10% ±0.8% (42,405  ±3,242) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
42,405 Total veterans ±3,242 35,127 Male ±2,735 7,278 Female ±1,522

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