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Columbus city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Columbus city is a Census city of 223 people across 0.32 square miles of land, in Hickman County. Median household income is $34,706, 74.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
48 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Columbus through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 223 with a margin of error of plus or minus 138, which is 61.9 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Columbus
What Columbus is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.32 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land701 plus or minus 434
- County holding the largest share of its areaHickman 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
- Population223 plus or minus 138
- Median age36.6
- Population under 1856 plus or minus 40
- Share under 1825.1 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Population 65 and over28 plus or minus 22
- Share 65 and over12.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Households86 plus or minus 38
- Family households58 plus or minus 34
- Share of households that are families67.4 percent plus or minus 26.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
Income and work in Columbus
- Median household income$34,706
- Per capita income$18,276 plus or minus $6,745
- Civilian labor force116 plus or minus 82
- Employed116 plus or minus 82
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over167 plus or minus 95
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.2 percent plus or minus 72.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher3.6 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
Housing in Columbus
- Housing units115 plus or minus 47
- Occupied units86 plus or minus 38
- Vacant units29 plus or minus 23
- Vacancy rate25.2 percent plus or minus 17.1
- Owner occupied64 plus or minus 31
- Renter occupied22 plus or minus 24
- Ownership rate74.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$58,500 plus or minus $25,940
- Single family units98 plus or minus 48
- Share single family85.2 percent plus or minus 22.7
- Units in buildings of two or more6 plus or minus 16
- Share in buildings of two or more5.2 percent plus or minus 14.1
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 12
- Median year structure built1991
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 commute112 plus or minus 81
- Commuting under 15 minutes61 plus or minus 48
- Share commuting under 15 minutes54.5 percent plus or minus 16.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more29 plus or minus 32
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.9 percent plus or minus 21.6
- Drove alone92.0 percent plus or minus 32.7
- Carpooled2.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hickman County, not Columbus
Hickman County context, not Columbus figures
These are Hickman 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 Hickman County68
- Employment at those establishments, Hickman County807
- Covered employment, Hickman County951
- Average annual pay, Hickman County$41,176
- Average weekly wage, Hickman County$792
- County product, 2024, Hickman County$280,382,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hickman County7.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hickman County$39,379
Every figure in this section is published for Hickman 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 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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, Kentucky?
223, in 86 households. Columbus city covers 0.32 square miles of land, which is 701 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?
Hickman 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?
$34,706. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $58,500. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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 Hickman 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.