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Columbiana city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Columbiana city is a Census city of 4,725 people across 18.04 square miles of land, in Shelby County. Median household income is $80,546, 64.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.2 m.
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Columbiana
What Columbiana is
- Census place typecity
- Land area18.04 sq mi
- Water area0.1 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land262
- County holding the largest share of its areaShelby County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbiana
How many people live in Columbiana
- Population4,725
- Median age44.7
- Population under 18786 plus or minus 213
- Share under 1816.6 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Population 65 and over809 plus or minus 186
- Share 65 and over17.1 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households1,371
- Family households1,024
- Share of households that are families74.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbiana
Income and work in Columbiana
- Median household income$80,546
- Per capita income$31,446
- Civilian labor force1,782
- Employed1,693
- Unemployed89 plus or minus 59
- Unemployment rate5.0 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over3,686
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.9 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.6 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbiana
Housing in Columbiana
- Housing units1,438
- Occupied units1,371
- Vacant units67 plus or minus 75
- Vacancy rate4.7 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Owner occupied880
- Renter occupied491 plus or minus 178
- Ownership rate64.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$259,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$940
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.0 percent
- Single family units963
- Share single family67.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more354 plus or minus 161
- Share in buildings of two or more24.6 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Mobile homes121 plus or minus 66
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbiana
How Columbiana gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,637
- Commuting under 15 minutes498 plus or minus 194
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.4 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more899 plus or minus 229
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.9 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Drove alone86.3 percent
- Carpooled8.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home4.2 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbiana
SBA loans in Columbiana (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$3,235,000
- Average approval$808,750
- Median approval$718,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,276,500
- Largest approval$2,276,500
- Jobs supported89
- Jobs per approval22.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Columbiana
SBA loans in Columbiana (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,164,000
- Average approval$388,000
- Median approval$349,000
- Largest approval$526,000
- Jobs supported20
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Shelby County, not Columbiana
Shelby County context, not Columbiana figures
These are Shelby County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Columbiana measurements.
- Establishments in Shelby County5,610
- Employment at those establishments, Shelby County87,718
- Covered employment, Shelby County85,169
- Average annual pay, Shelby County$66,772
- Average weekly wage, Shelby County$1,284
- Housing units permitted, Shelby County990
- Of those, single family, Shelby County990
- County product, 2024, Shelby County$17,332,832,000
- County product change over the prior year, Shelby County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Shelby County$90,316
Every figure in this section is published for Shelby County as a whole and is not a measurement of Columbiana. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Columbiana questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Columbiana, Alabama?
4,725, in 1,371 households. Columbiana city covers 18.04 square miles of land, which is 262 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Columbiana in?
Shelby County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Columbiana?
$80,546. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $259,500. Median gross rent is $940 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Columbiana businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $3.2 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $718,500, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Columbiana, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Columbiana borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Columbiana. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Columbiana figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Shelby County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Columbiana.
Is zoning published for Columbiana?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.