Columbia City vs Tri-Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Columbia City and Tri-Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Columbia City and Tri-Lakes are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Columbia City has the higher population (9,975 vs 1,070 in Tri-Lakes). Tri-Lakes has the higher median household income ($113,214 vs $65,000 in Columbia City). Tri-Lakes has the higher median home value ($293,900 vs $184,300 in Columbia City).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia City	Tri-Lakes
Population	9,975	1,070
Median age	36.4 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$113,214
Median home value	$184,300	$293,900
Median gross rent	$885	—
Housing units	4,679	629
Homeownership rate	62.8%	98.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia City	Tri-Lakes
Population	9,116 → 9,975 (+9.4%)	1,750 → 1,070 (-38.9%)
Median household income	$47,075 → $65,000 (+38.1%)	$85,804 → $113,214 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$125,200 → $184,300 (+47.2%)	$242,100 → $293,900 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $885 (+42.1%)	—

Columbia City

Population

9,1169,975

Median household income

$47,075$65,000

Median home value

$125,200$184,300

Median gross rent

$623$885

Tri-Lakes

Population

1,7501,070

Median household income

$85,804$113,214

Median home value

$242,100$293,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia City	Tri-Lakes
Under 5	6.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	20.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	15.6%
75 and over	7.3%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia City	Tri-Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia City	Tri-Lakes
No high school diploma	9.1%	4.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia City	Tri-Lakes
Drove alone	87.5%	98.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	2.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia City	Tri-Lakes
1-unit, detached	65.9%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Columbia City	Tri-Lakes
Poverty rate	14.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1985	1985