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Columbia City city, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Columbia City city is a Census city of 9,897 people across 5.49 square miles of land, in Whitley County. Median household income is $68,089, 65.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 26 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.7 m.
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Columbia City
What Columbia City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.49 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,803
- County holding the largest share of its areaWhitley 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.
Columbia City
How many people live in Columbia City
- Population9,897
- Median age37.3
- Population under 182,204
- Share under 1822.3 percent
- Population 65 and over1,598
- Share 65 and over16.1 percent
- Households4,356
- Family households2,516
- Share of households that are families57.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbia City
Income and work in Columbia City
- Median household income$68,089
- Per capita income$34,441
- Civilian labor force5,080
- Employed4,894
- Unemployed186 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate3.7 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over6,719
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbia City
Housing in Columbia City
- Housing units4,595
- Occupied units4,356
- Vacant units239 plus or minus 158
- Vacancy rate5.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Owner occupied2,830
- Renter occupied1,526
- Ownership rate65.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$189,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$963
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.0 percent
- Single family units3,260
- Share single family70.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,029 plus or minus 234
- Share in buildings of two or more22.4 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Mobile homes306 plus or minus 165
- Median year structure built1985
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbia City
How Columbia City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,549
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,140
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,311 plus or minus 274
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.8 percent
- Drove alone86.3 percent
- Carpooled4.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home6.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbia City
SBA 7(a) lending to Columbia City borrowers
- Approvals26
- Gross approval$11,708,600
- Average approval$450,331
- Median approval$120,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,385,000
- Largest approval$4,250,000
- Jobs supported355
- Jobs per approval13.7
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full9
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.5 percent
- Share to franchises15.4 percent
- Distinct lenders12
- Distinct industries by NAICS16
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 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.
Columbia City
SBA 504 lending to Columbia City borrowers
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$5,966,000
- Average approval$372,875
- Median approval$212,000
- Largest approval$1,138,000
- Jobs supported108
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Whitley County, not Columbia City
Whitley County context, not Columbia City figures
These are Whitley County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Columbia City measurements.
- Establishments in Whitley County699
- Employment at those establishments, Whitley County12,810
- Covered employment, Whitley County13,958
- Average annual pay, Whitley County$58,376
- Average weekly wage, Whitley County$1,123
- Housing units permitted, Whitley County100
- Of those, single family, Whitley County72
- County product, 2024, Whitley County$2,226,065,000
- County product change over the prior year, Whitley County-1.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Whitley County$57,704
Every figure in this section is published for Whitley County as a whole and is not a measurement of Columbia City. 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
Columbia City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Columbia City, Indiana?
9,897, in 4,356 households. Columbia City city covers 5.49 square miles of land, which is 1,803 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Columbia City in?
Whitley 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 Columbia City?
$68,089. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $189,100. Median gross rent is $963 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Columbia City businesses?
26 7(a) approvals totalling $11.7 m, across 12 lenders, median approval $120,000, plus 16 504 approvals worth $6.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Columbia City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Columbia City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Columbia City. only 9 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 Columbia City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Whitley 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 Columbia City.
Is zoning published for Columbia City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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