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36856

8,716 Population
38.7 square miles 225 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$31,557 ±$5,083 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $33,493 ±$971
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$75,381 ±$6,972 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $59,336 ±$1,529
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

10.3% ±6% (890  ±525) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 18.7% 58,467 (±1.2% / ±3,747)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

30.6 minutes ±2.1 (83,075  ±15,011) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 22.6 2,832,785 (±0.5 / ±79,611)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

2,912 ±312 Number of households
  • the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 127,512 ±1,104
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
3 ±0.1 (8,707  ±970) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 2.5 313,075 (±0 / ±1,052)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

9.6% ±4.9% (215  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 5.5% † 4,236 (±0.8% / ±638)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

3,052 ±320 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 145,963 ±521
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$258,700 ±$28,706 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $197,300 ±$5,529
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

28.2% ±11.2% (2,415  ±997.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 15.3% 49,202 (±0.9% / ±2,937.1)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

84.1% ±4.3% (4,645  ±609.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 89.1% 194,136 (±1.6% / ±3,601.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
25.1% ±5.3% (1,388  ±336) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 28.1% 61,162 (±1% / ±2,139.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)

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

3.6% ±1.8% (310  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 4.3% 13,979
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

24% ±5.7% (1,314  ±348) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 13.4% 31,489 (±0.6% / ±1,432)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
1,314 Total veterans ±348 958 Male ±246 356 Female ±181

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