Columbus City vs Wapello

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

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

Wapello has the higher population (1,935 vs 306 in Columbus City). Columbus City has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $71,131 in Wapello). Wapello has the higher median home value ($128,800 vs $104,400 in Columbus City).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus City	Wapello
Population	306	1,935
Median age	51.5 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	$71,131
Median home value	$104,400	$128,800
Median gross rent	—	$707
Housing units	134	889
Homeownership rate	97.0%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus City	Wapello
Population	345 → 306 (-11.3%)	2,005 → 1,935 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$51,354 → $82,500 (+60.6%)	$66,429 → $71,131 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $104,400 (+21.7%)	$113,500 → $128,800 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$618 → $707 (+14.4%)

Columbus City

Population

345306

Median household income

$51,354$82,500

Median home value

$85,800$104,400

Wapello

Population

2,0051,935

Median household income

$66,429$71,131

Median home value

$113,500$128,800

Median gross rent

$618$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus City	Wapello
Under 5	4.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	22.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	16.7%
75 and over	9.8%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus City	Wapello
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	52.3%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus City	Wapello
No high school diploma	27.0%	11.8%
High school graduate	44.6%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus City	Wapello
Drove alone	69.4%	82.3%
Carpooled	28.1%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus City	Wapello
1-unit, detached	75.4%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Columbus City	Wapello
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1968	1957