Columbiana vs Wilsonville

A side-by-side comparison of Columbiana and Wilsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

Columbiana and Wilsonville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Columbiana has the higher population (4,640 vs 2,097 in Wilsonville). Columbiana has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $65,417 in Wilsonville). Wilsonville has the higher median home value ($238,500 vs $237,800 in Columbiana).

Population, income & housing

	Columbiana	Wilsonville
Population	4,640	2,097
Median age	44.3 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$65,417
Median home value	$237,800	$238,500
Median gross rent	$890	$879
Housing units	1,570	815
Homeownership rate	63.4%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbiana	Wilsonville
Population	4,481 → 4,640 (+3.5%)	2,268 → 2,097 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$36,583 → $68,125 (+86.2%)	$58,375 → $65,417 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $237,800 (+90.2%)	$154,400 → $238,500 (+54.5%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $890 (+50.1%)	$979 → $879 (-10.2%)

Columbiana

Population

4,4814,640

Median household income

$36,583$68,125

Median home value

$125,000$237,800

Median gross rent

$593$890

Wilsonville

Population

2,2682,097

Median household income

$58,375$65,417

Median home value

$154,400$238,500

Median gross rent

$979$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbiana	Wilsonville
Under 5	2.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.6%	7.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	18.2%
55 to 64	19.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.7%
75 and over	6.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbiana	Wilsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	91.5%
Black or African American	24.2%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbiana	Wilsonville
No high school diploma	17.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbiana	Wilsonville
Drove alone	86.2%	82.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbiana	Wilsonville
1-unit, detached	59.7%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Columbiana	Wilsonville
Poverty rate	14.7%	12.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1982	1992