Columbia vs Delaware

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

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

Columbia has the higher population (152 vs 86 in Delaware). Delaware has the higher median household income ($138,750 vs $84,531 in Columbia). Columbia has the higher median home value ($322,000 vs $220,000 in Delaware).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Delaware
Population	152	86
Median age	55.6 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,531	$138,750
Median home value	$322,000	$220,000
Housing units	47	30
Homeownership rate	83.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Delaware
Population	182 → 152 (-16.5%)	107 → 86 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$157,917 → $84,531 (-46.5%)	$48,375 → $138,750 (+186.8%)
Median home value	$268,600 → $322,000 (+19.9%)	$174,200 → $220,000 (+26.3%)

Columbia

Population

182152

Median household income

$157,917$84,531

Median home value

$268,600$322,000

Delaware

Population

10786

Median household income

$48,375$138,750

Median home value

$174,200$220,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Delaware
Under 5	5.3%	10.5%
5 to 17	9.9%	7.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	5.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.8%	17.4%
55 to 64	38.2%	7.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	40.7%
75 and over	13.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Delaware
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Delaware
No high school diploma	15.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	39.5%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	29.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Delaware
Drove alone	78.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	0.0%
Other means	14.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Delaware
1-unit, detached	83.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Delaware
Poverty rate	13.4%	14.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.40
Median year structure built	1938	1938