Columbia vs Leola

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

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

Columbia has the higher population (10,217 vs 8,107 in Leola). Leola has the higher median household income ($84,653 vs $52,271 in Columbia). Leola has the higher median home value ($324,600 vs $174,200 in Columbia).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Leola
Population	10,217	8,107
Median age	45.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,271	$84,653
Median home value	$174,200	$324,600
Median gross rent	$1,064	$1,371
Housing units	5,072	3,102
Homeownership rate	52.2%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Leola
Population	10,382 → 10,217 (-1.6%)	7,576 → 8,107 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$41,475 → $52,271 (+26.0%)	$64,711 → $84,653 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$107,900 → $174,200 (+61.4%)	$221,700 → $324,600 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,064 (+32.3%)	$1,042 → $1,371 (+31.6%)

Columbia

Population

10,38210,217

Median household income

$41,475$52,271

Median home value

$107,900$174,200

Median gross rent

$804$1,064

Leola

Population

7,5768,107

Median household income

$64,711$84,653

Median home value

$221,700$324,600

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,371

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Leola
Under 5	3.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	22.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	16.2%	9.1%
75 and over	9.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Leola
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	73.0%
Black or African American	6.2%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Leola
No high school diploma	17.6%	16.6%
High school graduate	45.0%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Leola
Drove alone	74.8%	76.3%
Carpooled	13.2%	7.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.8%
Walked	6.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.1%	11.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Leola
1-unit, detached	27.8%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	36.9%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	8.1%
20 or more units	13.2%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Leola
Poverty rate	17.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1938	1980