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Columbus city, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Columbus city is a Census city of 23,348 people across 25.07 square miles of land, in Lowndes County. Median household income is $42,235, 47.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 48 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $51.1 m.
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Columbus
What Columbus is
- Census place typecity
- Land area25.07 sq mi
- Water area0.8 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land931
- County holding the largest share of its areaLowndes 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
- Population23,348
- Median age41.1
- Population under 184,220
- Share under 1818.1 percent
- Population 65 and over4,787
- Share 65 and over20.5 percent
- Households10,006
- Family households5,145
- Share of households that are families51.4 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$42,235
- Per capita income$28,243
- Civilian labor force10,161
- Employed9,279
- Unemployed882 plus or minus 361
- Unemployment rate8.7 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over16,307
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
Housing in Columbus
- Housing units11,850
- Occupied units10,006
- Vacant units1,844
- Vacancy rate15.6 percent
- Owner occupied4,783
- Renter occupied5,223
- Ownership rate47.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$125,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$897
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.5 percent
- Single family units7,885
- Share single family66.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,786
- Share in buildings of two or more31.9 percent
- Mobile homes179 plus or minus 109
- Median year structure built1974
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 commute8,851
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,690
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,437 plus or minus 365
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.2 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Drove alone87.8 percent
- Carpooled5.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home5.4 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
SBA 7(a) lending to Columbus borrowers
- Approvals48
- Gross approval$51,066,100
- Average approval$1,063,877
- Median approval$270,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,549,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported458
- Jobs per approval9.5
- Loans with a final outcome14
- Paid in full13
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans7.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more35.4 percent
- Share to franchises18.8 percent
- Distinct lenders20
- Distinct industries by NAICS34
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
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$11,579,000
- Average approval$2,894,750
- Median approval$3,628,000
- Largest approval$4,213,000
- Jobs supported149
- Loans with a final outcome3
- 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.
Lowndes County, not Columbus
Lowndes County context, not Columbus figures
These are Lowndes 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 Lowndes County1,440
- Employment at those establishments, Lowndes County20,572
- Covered employment, Lowndes County25,486
- Average annual pay, Lowndes County$56,640
- Average weekly wage, Lowndes County$1,089
- Housing units permitted, Lowndes County130
- Of those, single family, Lowndes County130
- County product, 2024, Lowndes County$3,919,601,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lowndes County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lowndes County$53,801
Every figure in this section is published for Lowndes 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, Mississippi?
23,348, in 10,006 households. Columbus city covers 25.07 square miles of land, which is 931 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?
Lowndes 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?
$42,235. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $125,700. Median gross rent is $897 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?
48 7(a) approvals totalling $51.1 m, across 20 lenders, median approval $270,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $11.6 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?
Of the 14 loans that have reached a final outcome, 13 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 7.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
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 Lowndes 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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