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Columbus city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Columbus city is a Census city of 4,248 people across 44.85 square miles of land, in Anoka County. Median household income is $123,194, 88.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $515,000.
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Columbus
What Columbus is
- Census place typecity
- Land area44.85 sq mi
- Water area2.84 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land95
- County holding the largest share of its areaAnoka 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
- Population4,248
- Median age44.9
- Population under 18843
- Share under 1819.8 percent
- Population 65 and over842
- Share 65 and over19.8 percent
- Households1,639
- Family households1,248
- Share of households that are families76.1 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$123,194
- Per capita income$46,631
- Civilian labor force2,486
- Employed2,431
- Unemployed55 plus or minus 44
- Unemployment rate2.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over3,096
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.8 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
Housing in Columbus
- Housing units1,730
- Occupied units1,639
- Vacant units91 plus or minus 55
- Vacancy rate5.3 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Owner occupied1,453
- Renter occupied186 plus or minus 109
- Ownership rate88.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$460,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,653 plus or minus $411
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.1 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Single family units1,581
- Share single family91.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more149 plus or minus 115
- Share in buildings of two or more8.6 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1984
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 commute2,077
- Commuting under 15 minutes243 plus or minus 102
- Share commuting under 15 minutes11.7 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,251 plus or minus 287
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more60.2 percent
- Drove alone78.7 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home14.1 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
SBA 7(a) lending to Columbus borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$515,000
- Average approval$171,667
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$300,000
- Largest approval$300,000
- Jobs supported33
- Jobs per approval11.0
- 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 franchises0.0 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.
Columbus
SBA 504 lending to Columbus borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$12,668,000
- Average approval$1,809,714
- Median approval$1,617,000
- Largest approval$3,366,000
- Jobs supported155
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Anoka County, not Columbus
Anoka County context, not Columbus figures
These are Anoka 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 Anoka County8,438
- Employment at those establishments, Anoka County123,486
- Covered employment, Anoka County133,130
- Average annual pay, Anoka County$65,235
- Average weekly wage, Anoka County$1,255
- Housing units permitted, Anoka County1,062
- Of those, single family, Anoka County898
- County product, 2024, Anoka County$20,602,517,000
- County product change over the prior year, Anoka County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Anoka County$63,023
Every figure in this section is published for Anoka 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, Minnesota?
4,248, in 1,639 households. Columbus city covers 44.85 square miles of land, which is 95 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?
Anoka 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?
$123,194. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $460,200. Median gross rent is $1,653 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?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $515,000, across 3 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $12.7 m. 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 Anoka 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.