West Columbia is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,597 people and two associated neighborhoods, West Columbia is the 465th largest community in Texas.West Columbia is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, West Columbia is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in West Columbia who work in office and administrative support (17.40%), food service (11.06%), and healthcare suport services (9.33%). A relatively large number of people in West Columbia telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.28% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in West Columbia, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.56 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, West Columbia does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of West Columbia are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.16% of adults in West Columbia having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in West Columbia in 2022 was $28,933, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,732 for a family of four. However, West Columbia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. West Columbia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Columbia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Columbia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. West Columbia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Columbia include German, Irish, English, Czech, and European. The most common language spoken in West Columbia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
