Columbia vs Foxworth

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

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

Columbia has the higher population (5,804 vs 335 in Foxworth). Columbia has the higher median household income ($34,328 vs $21,212 in Foxworth). Columbia has the higher median home value ($112,100 vs $61,000 in Foxworth).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Foxworth
Population	5,804	335
Median age	39.6 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,328	$21,212
Median home value	$112,100	$61,000
Median gross rent	$656	—
Housing units	2,542	203
Homeownership rate	58.0%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Foxworth
Population	5,992 → 5,804 (-3.1%)	469 → 335 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$26,858 → $34,328 (+27.8%)	$16,215 → $21,212 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $112,100 (+33.6%)	$60,300 → $61,000 (+1.2%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $656 (+7.4%)	—

Columbia

Population

5,9925,804

Median household income

$26,858$34,328

Median home value

$83,900$112,100

Median gross rent

$611$656

Foxworth

Population

469335

Median household income

$16,215$21,212

Median home value

$60,300$61,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Foxworth
Under 5	4.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.5%	4.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	27.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	18.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	5.7%
75 and over	10.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Foxworth
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	23.3%
Black or African American	40.9%	60.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	16.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Foxworth
No high school diploma	23.8%	23.9%
High school graduate	30.1%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Foxworth
Drove alone	80.8%	44.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	19.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	18.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Foxworth
1-unit, detached	79.3%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	55.2%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Foxworth
Poverty rate	23.5%	42.4%
Average household size	2.53	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1965	1995