Columbus City vs Columbus Junction

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

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

Columbus Junction has the higher population (2,129 vs 306 in Columbus City). Columbus City has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $76,518 in Columbus Junction). Columbus Junction has the higher median home value ($114,200 vs $104,400 in Columbus City).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus City	Columbus Junction
Population	306	2,129
Median age	51.5 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	$76,518
Median home value	$104,400	$114,200
Median gross rent	—	$591
Housing units	134	761
Homeownership rate	97.0%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus City	Columbus Junction
Population	345 → 306 (-11.3%)	2,229 → 2,129 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$51,354 → $82,500 (+60.6%)	$47,151 → $76,518 (+62.3%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $104,400 (+21.7%)	$94,600 → $114,200 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$608 → $591 (-2.8%)

Columbus City

Population

345306

Median household income

$51,354$82,500

Median home value

$85,800$104,400

Columbus Junction

Population

2,2292,129

Median household income

$47,151$76,518

Median home value

$94,600$114,200

Median gross rent

$608$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus City	Columbus Junction
Under 5	4.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	11.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	22.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.2%
75 and over	9.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus City	Columbus Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	43.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	9.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	52.3%	43.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus City	Columbus Junction
No high school diploma	27.0%	28.8%
High school graduate	44.6%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus City	Columbus Junction
Drove alone	69.4%	75.2%
Carpooled	28.1%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus City	Columbus Junction
1-unit, detached	75.4%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Columbus City	Columbus Junction
Poverty rate	4.9%	9.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1968	1965