Columbia City vs Prescott

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

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

Columbia City has the higher population (1,806 vs 59 in Prescott). Columbia City has the higher median home value ($441,700 vs $307,700 in Prescott). Since 2019, Columbia City's population has grown faster (-4.0% vs -33.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia City	Prescott
Population	1,806	59
Median age	49.9 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,912	—
Median home value	$441,700	$307,700
Median gross rent	$1,467	—
Housing units	758	38
Homeownership rate	90.0%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia City	Prescott
Population	1,882 → 1,806 (-4.0%)	88 → 59 (-33.0%)
Median household income	$73,276 → $100,912 (+37.7%)	$41,000 → $41,250 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$279,700 → $441,700 (+57.9%)	$172,900 → $307,700 (+78.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,162 → $1,467 (+26.2%)	$1,025 → $1,075 (+4.9%)

Columbia City

Population

1,8821,806

Median household income

$73,276$100,912

Median home value

$279,700$441,700

Median gross rent

$1,162$1,467

Prescott

Population

8859

Median household income

$41,000$41,250

Median home value

$172,900$307,700

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia City	Prescott
Under 5	2.5%	1.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	6.8%
18 to 24	1.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	6.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	18.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	28.8%
65 to 74	15.1%	15.3%
75 and over	9.9%	28.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia City	Prescott
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia City	Prescott
No high school diploma	5.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	28.5%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia City	Prescott
Drove alone	75.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia City	Prescott
1-unit, detached	89.7%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Columbia City	Prescott
Poverty rate	8.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.49	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1991	1951