Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Columbus spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.65 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Columbus does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Columbus who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.83% of adults in Columbus have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Columbus in 2022 was $28,006, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,024 for a family of four. However, Columbus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Columbus is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Columbus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Columbus residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Columbus include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Columbus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
