Columbus vs Crawford

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

Columbus and Crawford 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 348 in Crawford). Columbus has the higher median household income ($40,588 vs $37,625 in Crawford). Columbus has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $91,700 in Crawford).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Crawford
Population	23,616	348
Median age	39.6 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,588	$37,625
Median home value	$121,200	$91,700
Median gross rent	$882	$1,031
Housing units	11,941	175
Homeownership rate	48.1%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Crawford
Population	24,083 → 23,616 (-1.9%)	489 → 348 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$36,336 → $40,588 (+11.7%)	$30,865 → $37,625 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $121,200 (-0.6%)	$72,500 → $91,700 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $882 (+10.5%)	—

Columbus

Population

24,08323,616

Median household income

$36,336$40,588

Median home value

$121,900$121,200

Median gross rent

$798$882

Crawford

Population

489348

Median household income

$30,865$37,625

Median home value

$72,500$91,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Crawford
Under 5	5.7%	0.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	2.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	4.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	23.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.3%
75 and over	9.4%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Crawford
White (non-Hispanic)	31.6%	4.3%
Black or African American	63.1%	94.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Crawford
No high school diploma	13.4%	25.4%
High school graduate	30.9%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Crawford
Drove alone	87.7%	70.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	21.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Crawford
1-unit, detached	66.1%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Crawford
Poverty rate	21.6%	19.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1974	1992