Columbiana vs Wellsville

A side-by-side comparison of Columbiana and Wellsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Columbiana and Wellsville are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Columbiana has the higher population (6,800 vs 3,096 in Wellsville). Columbiana has the higher median household income ($49,873 vs $29,440 in Wellsville). Columbiana has the higher median home value ($187,000 vs $55,400 in Wellsville).

Population, income & housing

	Columbiana	Wellsville
Population	6,800	3,096
Median age	50.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,873	$29,440
Median home value	$187,000	$55,400
Median gross rent	$656	$753
Housing units	3,515	1,683
Homeownership rate	60.3%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbiana	Wellsville
Population	6,247 → 6,800 (+8.9%)	3,352 → 3,096 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$44,107 → $49,873 (+13.1%)	$28,586 → $29,440 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$148,300 → $187,000 (+26.1%)	$49,000 → $55,400 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $656 (+12.3%)	$514 → $753 (+46.5%)

Columbiana

Population

6,2476,800

Median household income

$44,107$49,873

Median home value

$148,300$187,000

Median gross rent

$584$656

Wellsville

Population

3,3523,096

Median household income

$28,586$29,440

Median home value

$49,000$55,400

Median gross rent

$514$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbiana	Wellsville
Under 5	3.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	16.5%	13.3%
75 and over	14.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbiana	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbiana	Wellsville
No high school diploma	3.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	35.7%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbiana	Wellsville
Drove alone	76.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	13.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	2.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbiana	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	43.0%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	22.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.3%
20 or more units	10.9%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Columbiana	Wellsville
Poverty rate	9.7%	30.8%
Average household size	1.95	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1978	1938