Artesia vs Columbus AFB

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

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

Columbus AFB has the higher population (1,368 vs 378 in Artesia). Columbus AFB has the higher median household income ($75,952 vs $19,500 in Artesia). Since 2019, Artesia's population has grown faster (+8.6% vs -17.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Artesia	Columbus AFB
Population	378	1,368
Median age	36.9 yrs	25.1 yrs
Median household income	$19,500	$75,952
Median home value	$107,700	—
Median gross rent	$393	$1,344
Housing units	226	512
Homeownership rate	58.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	67.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Artesia	Columbus AFB
Population	348 → 378 (+8.6%)	1,667 → 1,368 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$28,500 → $19,500 (-31.6%)	$61,188 → $75,952 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $107,700 (+27.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$500 → $393 (-21.4%)	$1,267 → $1,344 (+6.1%)

Artesia

Population

348378

Median household income

$28,500$19,500

Median home value

$84,300$107,700

Median gross rent

$500$393

Columbus AFB

Population

1,6671,368

Median household income

$61,188$75,952

Median gross rent

$1,267$1,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Artesia	Columbus AFB
Under 5	7.1%	12.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	25.3%
25 to 34	17.2%	39.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	7.4%	1.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	1.2%
65 to 74	20.6%	0.0%
75 and over	2.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Artesia	Columbus AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	66.4%
Black or African American	93.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Artesia	Columbus AFB
No high school diploma	20.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.2%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	51.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Artesia	Columbus AFB
Drove alone	82.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Artesia	Columbus AFB
1-unit, detached	49.6%	21.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	41.6%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Artesia	Columbus AFB
Poverty rate	36.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	22	8
Median year structure built	1977	1999