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Columbus city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Columbus city is a Census city of 5,488 people across 4.54 square miles of land, in Columbia County. Median household income is $75,427, 63.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.4 m.
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Columbus
What Columbus is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.54 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,209
- County holding the largest share of its areaColumbia County, 99.5 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
- Population5,488
- Median age40.3
- Population under 181,107
- Share under 1820.2 percent
- Population 65 and over844 plus or minus 200
- Share 65 and over15.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Households2,454
- Family households1,494
- Share of households that are families60.9 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$75,427
- Per capita income$42,780
- Civilian labor force3,423
- Employed3,256
- Unemployed167 plus or minus 133
- Unemployment rate4.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over4,044
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.8 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
Housing in Columbus
- Housing units2,499
- Occupied units2,454
- Vacant units45 plus or minus 66
- Vacancy rate1.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Owner occupied1,556
- Renter occupied898
- Ownership rate63.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$230,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$874
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.9 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Single family units1,704
- Share single family68.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more763 plus or minus 231
- Share in buildings of two or more30.5 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Mobile homes32 plus or minus 37
- Median year structure built1961
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 commute2,594
- Commuting under 15 minutes883 plus or minus 236
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.0 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,158 plus or minus 306
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.6 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Drove alone75.7 percent
- Carpooled2.1 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home18.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
SBA loans in Columbus (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,392,300
- Average approval$278,460
- Median approval$293,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$540,000
- Largest approval$540,000
- Jobs supported26
- Jobs per approval5.2
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more60.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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)
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$12,471,000
- Average approval$831,400
- Median approval$757,000
- Largest approval$1,907,000
- Jobs supported119
- Loans with a final outcome7
- 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.
Columbia County, not Columbus
Columbia County context, not Columbus figures
These are Columbia 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 Columbia County1,432
- Employment at those establishments, Columbia County20,998
- Covered employment, Columbia County21,963
- Average annual pay, Columbia County$52,667
- Average weekly wage, Columbia County$1,013
- Housing units permitted, Columbia County181
- Of those, single family, Columbia County137
- County product, 2024, Columbia County$4,274,101,000
- County product change over the prior year, Columbia County2.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Columbia County$66,479
Every figure in this section is published for Columbia 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, Wisconsin?
5,488, in 2,454 households. Columbus city covers 4.54 square miles of land, which is 1,209 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?
Columbia County, which holds 99.5 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Columbus?
$75,427. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $230,600. Median gross rent is $874 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?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.4 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $293,900, plus 15 504 approvals worth $12.5 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 2 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 Columbia 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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