Columbia vs Soulsbyville

A side-by-side comparison of Columbia and Soulsbyville: population, income, housing, and more.

Columbia and Soulsbyville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Columbia has the higher population (2,645 vs 2,089 in Soulsbyville). Soulsbyville has the higher median household income ($92,996 vs $57,647 in Columbia). Columbia has the higher median home value ($396,200 vs $361,400 in Soulsbyville).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Soulsbyville
Population	2,645	2,089
Median age	49.2 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,647	$92,996
Median home value	$396,200	$361,400
Median gross rent	$1,054	—
Housing units	1,338	734
Homeownership rate	71.5%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Soulsbyville
Population	2,226 → 2,645 (+18.8%)	2,216 → 2,089 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$38,679 → $57,647 (+49.0%)	$70,981 → $92,996 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$318,100 → $396,200 (+24.6%)	$276,200 → $361,400 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $1,054 (+49.3%)	$720 → $1,423 (+97.6%)

Columbia

Population

2,2262,645

Median household income

$38,679$57,647

Median home value

$318,100$396,200

Median gross rent

$706$1,054

Soulsbyville

Population

2,2162,089

Median household income

$70,981$92,996

Median home value

$276,200$361,400

Median gross rent

$720$1,423

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Soulsbyville
Under 5	3.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	10.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	7.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	4.1%
55 to 64	8.4%	25.8%
65 to 74	17.2%	7.3%
75 and over	16.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Soulsbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Soulsbyville
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	21.5%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Soulsbyville
Drove alone	62.5%	71.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	11.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Soulsbyville
1-unit, detached	57.4%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.5%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Soulsbyville
Poverty rate	14.6%	4.4%
Average household size	2.16	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	27	43
Median year structure built	1981	1982