Artesia vs Columbus

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

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

Columbus has the higher population (23,616 vs 378 in Artesia). Columbus has the higher median household income ($40,588 vs $19,500 in Artesia). Columbus has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $107,700 in Artesia).

Population, income & housing

	Artesia	Columbus
Population	378	23,616
Median age	36.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$19,500	$40,588
Median home value	$107,700	$121,200
Median gross rent	$393	$882
Housing units	226	11,941
Homeownership rate	58.3%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Artesia	Columbus
Population	348 → 378 (+8.6%)	24,083 → 23,616 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$28,500 → $19,500 (-31.6%)	$36,336 → $40,588 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $107,700 (+27.8%)	$121,900 → $121,200 (-0.6%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $393 (-21.4%)	$798 → $882 (+10.5%)

Artesia

Population

348378

Median household income

$28,500$19,500

Median home value

$84,300$107,700

Median gross rent

$500$393

Columbus

Population

24,08323,616

Median household income

$36,336$40,588

Median home value

$121,900$121,200

Median gross rent

$798$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Artesia	Columbus
Under 5	7.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	12.1%
25 to 34	17.2%	15.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	20.6%	10.5%
75 and over	2.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Artesia	Columbus
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	31.6%
Black or African American	93.1%	63.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Artesia	Columbus
No high school diploma	20.2%	13.4%
High school graduate	45.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Artesia	Columbus
Drove alone	82.2%	87.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Artesia	Columbus
1-unit, detached	49.6%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	16.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Artesia	Columbus
Poverty rate	36.2%	21.6%
Average household size	2.10	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1977	1974