Columbus vs Powers Lake

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

Columbus and Powers Lake are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Powers Lake has the higher population (292 vs 47 in Columbus). Columbus has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $77,750 in Powers Lake). Powers Lake has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $112,500 in Columbus).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Powers Lake
Population	47	292
Median age	52.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$95,000	$77,750
Median home value	$112,500	$165,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,074
Housing units	117	201
Homeownership rate	96.2%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Powers Lake
Population	121 → 47 (-61.2%)	293 → 292 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$81,250 → $95,000 (+16.9%)	$54,625 → $77,750 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $112,500 (+27.8%)	$143,200 → $165,000 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,090 → $1,074 (-1.5%)

Columbus

Population

12147

Median household income

$81,250$95,000

Median home value

$88,000$112,500

Powers Lake

Population

293292

Median household income

$54,625$77,750

Median home value

$143,200$165,000

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Powers Lake
Under 5	8.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	19.2%
45 to 54	25.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	23.4%	5.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	8.9%
75 and over	6.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Powers Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Powers Lake
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Powers Lake
Drove alone	95.2%	83.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Powers Lake
1-unit, detached	71.8%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Powers Lake
Poverty rate	10.6%	15.8%
Average household size	1.81	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1963	1964