Columbia vs Mount Joy

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

Columbia and Mount Joy 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 8,310 in Mount Joy). Mount Joy has the higher median household income ($84,514 vs $52,271 in Columbia). Mount Joy has the higher median home value ($241,300 vs $174,200 in Columbia).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Mount Joy
Population	10,217	8,310
Median age	45.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,271	$84,514
Median home value	$174,200	$241,300
Median gross rent	$1,064	$1,070
Housing units	5,072	3,593
Homeownership rate	52.2%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Mount Joy
Population	10,382 → 10,217 (-1.6%)	8,163 → 8,310 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$41,475 → $52,271 (+26.0%)	$55,833 → $84,514 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$107,900 → $174,200 (+61.4%)	$179,700 → $241,300 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,064 (+32.3%)	$941 → $1,070 (+13.7%)

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

Mount Joy

Population

8,1638,310

Median household income

$55,833$84,514

Median home value

$179,700$241,300

Median gross rent

$941$1,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Mount Joy
Under 5	3.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	16.2%	11.9%
75 and over	9.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Mount Joy
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	82.5%
Black or African American	6.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Mount Joy
No high school diploma	17.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	45.0%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Mount Joy
Drove alone	74.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	13.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Mount Joy
1-unit, detached	27.8%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	36.9%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	11.2%
20 or more units	13.2%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Mount Joy
Poverty rate	17.4%	10.7%
Average household size	2.14	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1938	1971