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Columbia town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Columbia town is a Census town of 759 people across 1.23 square miles of land, in Tyrrell County. Median household income is $25,893, 49.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $140,000.
70 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Columbia
What Columbia is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.23 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land618 plus or minus 238
- County holding the largest share of its areaTyrrell 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
How many people live in Columbia
- Population759 plus or minus 292
- Median age38.7 plus or minus 16.1
- Population under 18204 plus or minus 126
- Share under 1826.9 percent plus or minus 13.0
- Population 65 and over199 plus or minus 117
- Share 65 and over26.2 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Households349 plus or minus 128
- Family households212 plus or minus 94
- Share of households that are families60.7 percent plus or minus 15.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbia
Income and work in Columbia
- Median household income$25,893 plus or minus $12,151
- Per capita income$20,469 plus or minus $7,394
- Civilian labor force315 plus or minus 145
- Employed296 plus or minus 137
- Unemployed19 plus or minus 33
- Unemployment rate6.0 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Adults 25 and over529 plus or minus 196
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher76.4 percent plus or minus 20.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.4 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.2 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbia
Housing in Columbia
- Housing units524 plus or minus 144
- Occupied units349 plus or minus 128
- Vacant units175 plus or minus 76
- Vacancy rate33.4 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Owner occupied172 plus or minus 101
- Renter occupied177 plus or minus 95
- Ownership rate49.3 percent plus or minus 22.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$120,000 plus or minus $54,523
- Median gross rent, monthly$678 plus or minus $333
- Annual rent as a share of median income31.4 percent plus or minus 21.3
- Single family units346 plus or minus 120
- Share single family66.0 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Units in buildings of two or more87 plus or minus 62
- Share in buildings of two or more16.6 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Mobile homes91 plus or minus 59
- Median year structure built1951
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbia
How Columbia gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute296 plus or minus 137
- Commuting under 15 minutes46 plus or minus 43
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.5 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more154 plus or minus 99
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more52.0 percent plus or minus 23.0
- Drove alone59.1 percent plus or minus 36.1
- Carpooled39.2 percent plus or minus 23.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbia
SBA loans in Columbia (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$140,000
- Average approval$70,000
- Median approval$125,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$125,000
- Largest approval$125,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval1.0
- 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 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.
Columbia
Flood risk in Columbia
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370233
- Currently effective map date06/15/22
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Tyrrell County, not Columbia
Tyrrell County context, not Columbia figures
These are Tyrrell 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 measurements.
- Establishments in Tyrrell County71
- Employment at those establishments, Tyrrell County543
- Covered employment, Tyrrell County963
- Average annual pay, Tyrrell County$44,054
- Average weekly wage, Tyrrell County$847
- Housing units permitted, Tyrrell County24
- Of those, single family, Tyrrell County24
- County product, 2024, Tyrrell County$125,672,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tyrrell County-10.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tyrrell County$35,106
Every figure in this section is published for Tyrrell County as a whole and is not a measurement of Columbia. 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.
- 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 questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Columbia, North Carolina?
759, in 349 households. Columbia town covers 1.23 square miles of land, which is 618 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Columbia in?
Tyrrell 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?
$25,893. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $120,000. Median gross rent is $678 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 businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $140,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $125,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Columbia, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Columbia borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Columbia. 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.
Is Columbia in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Columbia appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370233, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Columbia figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tyrrell 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.
Is zoning published for Columbia?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.