Columbus is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,091 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Columbus is the 397th largest community in North Carolina.
Of important note, Columbus is also a town of artists. Columbus has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Columbus’s character.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Columbus is worth considering.
Columbus is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Columbus who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.39% of adults in Columbus have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Columbus in 2018 was $24,847, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,388 for a family of four. However, Columbus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Columbus is a very ethnically-diverse town. 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Columbus also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.54% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Columbus include Irish, Scottish, German, English, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Columbus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.