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Columbus city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Columbus city is a Census city of 3,860 people across 3.01 square miles of land, in Colorado County. Median household income is $49,418, 68.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.6 m.
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Columbus
What Columbus is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.01 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,284
- County holding the largest share of its areaColorado 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
- Population3,860
- Median age34.6 plus or minus 7.7
- Population under 181,227 plus or minus 340
- Share under 1831.8 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Population 65 and over752 plus or minus 204
- Share 65 and over19.5 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Households1,333
- Family households698 plus or minus 162
- Share of households that are families52.4 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$49,418 plus or minus $10,091
- Per capita income$30,453 plus or minus $8,830
- Civilian labor force1,422 plus or minus 298
- Employed1,377 plus or minus 298
- Unemployed45 plus or minus 50
- Unemployment rate3.2 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over2,301
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.8 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.1 percent plus or minus 7.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
Housing in Columbus
- Housing units1,653
- Occupied units1,333
- Vacant units320 plus or minus 159
- Vacancy rate19.4 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Owner occupied917 plus or minus 204
- Renter occupied416 plus or minus 166
- Ownership rate68.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$241,700 plus or minus $102,756
- Median gross rent, monthly$879 plus or minus $325
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.3 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Single family units1,272
- Share single family77.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more215 plus or minus 124
- Share in buildings of two or more13.0 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Mobile homes166 plus or minus 117
- Median year structure built1969
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 commute1,226 plus or minus 293
- Commuting under 15 minutes596 plus or minus 228
- Share commuting under 15 minutes48.6 percent plus or minus 14.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more227 plus or minus 154
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.5 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Drove alone80.9 percent
- Carpooled1.0 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked8.3 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Worked from home9.3 percent plus or minus 10.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
SBA loans in Columbus (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$9,620,000
- Average approval$3,206,667
- Median approval$4,320,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$5,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported37
- Jobs per approval12.3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more66.7 percent
- Share to franchises66.7 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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 loans in Columbus (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,023,000
- Average approval$1,011,500
- Median approval$1,390,000
- Largest approval$1,390,000
- Jobs supported20
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Columbus
Flood risk in Columbus
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480145
- Currently effective map date02/04/11
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.
Colorado County, not Columbus
Colorado County context, not Columbus figures
These are Colorado 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 Colorado County563
- Employment at those establishments, Colorado County6,733
- Covered employment, Colorado County7,491
- Average annual pay, Colorado County$53,442
- Average weekly wage, Colorado County$1,028
- Housing units permitted, Colorado County29
- Of those, single family, Colorado County29
- County product, 2024, Colorado County$1,206,632,000
- County product change over the prior year, Colorado County0.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Colorado County$77,038
Every figure in this section is published for Colorado 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.
- 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, Texas?
3,860, in 1,333 households. Columbus city covers 3.01 square miles of land, which is 1,284 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?
Colorado 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?
$49,418. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $241,700. Median gross rent is $879 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 $9.6 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $4,320,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $2.0 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 1 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 Columbus in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Columbus appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480145, 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 Columbus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Colorado 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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