Columbus vs Mineral Springs

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

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

Columbus has the higher population (51,104 vs 768 in Mineral Springs). Mineral Springs has the higher median household income ($104,886 vs $76,856 in Columbus). Columbus has the higher median home value ($231,000 vs $221,500 in Mineral Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Mineral Springs
Population	51,104	768
Median age	36.0 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,856	$104,886
Median home value	$231,000	$221,500
Median gross rent	$1,135	—
Housing units	22,809	299
Homeownership rate	61.2%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Mineral Springs
Population	48,150 → 51,104 (+6.1%)	806 → 768 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$63,405 → $76,856 (+21.2%)	$108,246 → $104,886 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$166,200 → $231,000 (+39.0%)	$197,500 → $221,500 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $1,135 (+19.3%)	—

Columbus

Population

48,15051,104

Median household income

$63,405$76,856

Median home value

$166,200$231,000

Median gross rent

$951$1,135

Mineral Springs

Population

806768

Median household income

$108,246$104,886

Median home value

$197,500$221,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Mineral Springs
Under 5	7.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	5.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	25.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.2%
75 and over	6.8%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Mineral Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	86.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	11.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Mineral Springs
No high school diploma	7.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	28.1%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Mineral Springs
Drove alone	74.6%	84.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	7.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Mineral Springs
1-unit, detached	67.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Mineral Springs
Poverty rate	12.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1981	1979