Banks Springs vs Columbia

A side-by-side comparison of Banks Springs and Columbia: population, income, housing, and more.

Banks Springs and Columbia are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Banks Springs has the higher population (1,432 vs 337 in Columbia). Columbia has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $22,240 in Banks Springs). Columbia has the higher median home value ($113,100 vs $70,400 in Banks Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Banks Springs	Columbia
Population	1,432	337
Median age	30.3 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$22,240	$50,000
Median home value	$70,400	$113,100
Median gross rent	$340	$778
Housing units	592	171
Homeownership rate	39.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Banks Springs	Columbia
Population	1,142 → 1,432 (+25.4%)	423 → 337 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$22,188 → $22,240 (+0.2%)	$42,083 → $50,000 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $70,400 (+33.1%)	$67,400 → $113,100 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	$441 → $340 (-22.9%)	$720 → $778 (+8.1%)

Banks Springs

Population

1,1421,432

Median household income

$22,188$22,240

Median home value

$52,900$70,400

Median gross rent

$441$340

Columbia

Population

423337

Median household income

$42,083$50,000

Median home value

$67,400$113,100

Median gross rent

$720$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Banks Springs	Columbia
Under 5	1.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	29.1%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	39.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	6.0%	20.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	5.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	5.0%
75 and over	5.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Banks Springs	Columbia
White (non-Hispanic)	24.6%	74.2%
Black or African American	67.9%	22.6%
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%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Banks Springs	Columbia
No high school diploma	30.7%	14.9%
High school graduate	45.2%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Banks Springs	Columbia
Drove alone	89.3%	75.2%
Carpooled	1.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.8%
Other means	9.4%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Banks Springs	Columbia
1-unit, detached	35.8%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	41.6%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Banks Springs	Columbia
Poverty rate	56.8%	2.2%
Average household size	2.99	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1988	1963