Columbia vs Millersville

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

Columbia and Millersville 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 8,711 in Millersville). Millersville has the higher median household income ($65,721 vs $52,271 in Columbia). Millersville has the higher median home value ($265,500 vs $174,200 in Columbia).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Millersville
Population	10,217	8,711
Median age	45.4 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,271	$65,721
Median home value	$174,200	$265,500
Median gross rent	$1,064	$1,322
Housing units	5,072	2,380
Homeownership rate	52.2%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Millersville
Population	10,382 → 10,217 (-1.6%)	8,322 → 8,711 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$41,475 → $52,271 (+26.0%)	$51,077 → $65,721 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$107,900 → $174,200 (+61.4%)	$175,100 → $265,500 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,064 (+32.3%)	$1,177 → $1,322 (+12.3%)

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

Millersville

Population

8,3228,711

Median household income

$51,077$65,721

Median home value

$175,100$265,500

Median gross rent

$1,177$1,322

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Millersville
Under 5	3.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	11.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	41.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	8.7%
65 to 74	16.2%	5.1%
75 and over	9.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Millersville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	75.9%
Black or African American	6.2%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Millersville
No high school diploma	17.6%	12.2%
High school graduate	45.0%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Millersville
Drove alone	74.8%	67.4%
Carpooled	13.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.7%
Walked	6.2%	15.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	7.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Millersville
1-unit, detached	27.8%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	36.9%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	6.8%
20 or more units	13.2%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Millersville
Poverty rate	17.4%	24.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1938	1965