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Columbus city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Columbus city is a Census city of 2,881 people across 2.43 square miles of land, in Cherokee County. Median household income is $37,961, 67.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $249,200.
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Columbus
What Columbus is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.43 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,184
- County holding the largest share of its areaCherokee 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.
Columbus
How many people live in Columbus
- Population2,881
- Median age38.5
- Population under 18693 plus or minus 168
- Share under 1824.1 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Population 65 and over596 plus or minus 140
- Share 65 and over20.7 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Households1,357
- Family households713
- Share of households that are families52.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
Income and work in Columbus
- Median household income$37,961 plus or minus $11,820
- Per capita income$27,763
- Civilian labor force1,250
- Employed1,213
- Unemployed37 plus or minus 30
- Unemployment rate3.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over1,875
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.2 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.0 percent plus or minus 6.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
Housing in Columbus
- Housing units1,434
- Occupied units1,357
- Vacant units77 plus or minus 60
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Owner occupied909
- Renter occupied448 plus or minus 126
- Ownership rate67.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$94,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$774 plus or minus $155
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.5 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Single family units1,086
- Share single family75.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more228 plus or minus 107
- Share in buildings of two or more15.9 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Mobile homes120 plus or minus 66
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
How Columbus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,193
- Commuting under 15 minutes614 plus or minus 178
- Share commuting under 15 minutes51.5 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more343 plus or minus 123
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.8 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Drove alone87.1 percent
- Carpooled10.9 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.3 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home1.6 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
SBA loans in Columbus (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$249,200
- Average approval$124,600
- Median approval$242,200
- Ninetieth percentile approval$242,200
- Largest approval$242,200
- Jobs supported9
- Jobs per approval4.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term180 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Cherokee County, not Columbus
Cherokee County context, not Columbus figures
These are Cherokee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Columbus measurements.
- Establishments in Cherokee County325
- Employment at those establishments, Cherokee County4,974
- Covered employment, Cherokee County5,829
- Average annual pay, Cherokee County$56,667
- Average weekly wage, Cherokee County$1,090
- Housing units permitted, Cherokee County14
- Of those, single family, Cherokee County14
- County product, 2024, Cherokee County$1,091,606,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cherokee County2.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cherokee County$46,046
Every figure in this section is published for Cherokee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Columbus. 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
Columbus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Columbus, Kansas?
2,881, in 1,357 households. Columbus city covers 2.43 square miles of land, which is 1,184 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Columbus in?
Cherokee 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 Columbus?
$37,961. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $94,100. Median gross rent is $774 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Columbus businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $249,200, across 2 lenders, median approval $242,200. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Columbus, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Columbus borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Columbus. 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 Columbus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cherokee 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 Columbus.
Is zoning published for Columbus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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