What is the population of Columbus town?

Columbus town has 1,925 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 497 in Montana.

What is the median household income in Columbus town?

Median household income in Columbus town is $62,500 a year, 20.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Columbus town?

Median gross rent is $926 a month and the median home value is $264,000, so rent absorbs about 17.8% of median household income.

Is Columbus town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Columbus town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Columbus, MT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Columbus, Montana (Columbus, MT — Census place “Columbus town”) is 1,925 residents, ranking #59 of 497 places in Montana. Median household income is $62,500, the median home is worth $264,000 and median gross rent runs $926 a month. Looking for the Columbus Montana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Columbus, MT: 59019.

Population: 1,925Columbus town residents
Median household income: $62,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $264,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $926Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 46 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.6%Owner-occupied households

Columbus ZIP codes (Montana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Columbus.

The Columbus MT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

59019

What the numbers mean in Columbus town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Columbus town median would spend about 17.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.7% of residents and 71.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Columbus town, MT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Columbus town is a small town in Montana, with 1,925 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #59 of 497 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 46 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Columbus town earn a median of $62,500 a year, 20.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $62,992 median for the 94 Montana cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 12.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Columbus town is valued at $264,000, 13% below the national figure and 5% above the $250,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $926 a month, 34.1% below the national figure, or roughly $11,112 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 71.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Columbus town?: Columbus town has 1,925 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 497 in Montana.
What is the median household income in Columbus town?: Median household income in Columbus town is $62,500 a year, 20.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Columbus town?: Median gross rent is $926 a month and the median home value is $264,000, so rent absorbs about 17.8% of median household income.
Is Columbus town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Columbus town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Columbus town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.