West Columbia is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,616 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 sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in West Columbia who work in office and administrative support (26.68%), healthcare (12.44%), and food service (9.67%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.48% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Being a small city, West Columbia does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in West Columbia with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.57% of adults in West Columbia have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in West Columbia in 2022 was $29,141, 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 $116,564 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 31.92% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Columbia include German, English, Irish, Czech, and European. The most common language spoken in West Columbia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
