Coatsburg vs Columbus

A side-by-side comparison of Coatsburg and Columbus: population, income, housing, and more.

Coatsburg and Columbus are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Coatsburg has the higher population (230 vs 105 in Columbus). Columbus has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $68,750 in Coatsburg). Columbus has the higher median home value ($105,400 vs $69,500 in Coatsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Coatsburg	Columbus
Population	230	105
Median age	37.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$72,500
Median home value	$69,500	$105,400
Median gross rent	$1,042	$875
Housing units	96	42
Homeownership rate	75.5%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coatsburg	Columbus
Population	182 → 230 (+26.4%)	71 → 105 (+47.9%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $68,750 (+25.5%)	$63,125 → $72,500 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $69,500 (-10.9%)	$105,000 → $105,400 (+0.4%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,042 (+12.6%)	$830 → $875 (+5.4%)

Coatsburg

Population

182230

Median household income

$54,792$68,750

Median home value

$78,000$69,500

Median gross rent

$925$1,042

Columbus

Population

71105

Median household income

$63,125$72,500

Median home value

$105,000$105,400

Median gross rent

$830$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coatsburg	Columbus
Under 5	2.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	25.7%	21.9%
18 to 24	2.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	7.8%	4.8%
65 to 74	15.7%	9.5%
75 and over	7.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coatsburg	Columbus
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coatsburg	Columbus
No high school diploma	13.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	41.3%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coatsburg	Columbus
Drove alone	93.9%	87.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coatsburg	Columbus
1-unit, detached	86.5%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Coatsburg	Columbus
Poverty rate	2.2%	5.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	20	42
Median year structure built	1953	1973