What is the population of Columbus city?

Columbus city has 5,493 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #146 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Columbus city?

Median household income in Columbus city is $74,957 a year, 4.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $814 a month and the median home value is $225,700, so rent absorbs about 13% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Columbus city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Columbus, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Columbus, Wisconsin (Columbus, WI — Census place “Columbus city”) is 5,493 residents, ranking #146 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $74,957, the median home is worth $225,700 and median gross rent runs $814 a month. Looking for the Columbus Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Columbus, WI: 53925.

Population: 5,493Columbus city residents
Median household income: $74,957Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $225,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $814Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.7%Owner-occupied households

Columbus ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Columbus.

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

53925

What the numbers mean in Columbus city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Columbus city median would spend about 13% 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 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8% of residents and 66.7% 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 city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Columbus city is a mid-size town in Wisconsin, with 5,493 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #146 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 82% of them. The median age here is 39.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Columbus city earn a median of $74,957 a year, 4.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Columbus city is valued at $225,700, 25.6% below the national figure and 7% above the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $814 a month, 42.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,768 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13% 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 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 66.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 city?: Columbus city has 5,493 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #146 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Columbus city?: Median household income in Columbus city is $74,957 a year, 4.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Columbus city?: Median gross rent is $814 a month and the median home value is $225,700, so rent absorbs about 13% of median household income.
Is Columbus city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Columbus city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Columbus city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.