Columbia vs Willow Street

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

Columbia and Willow Street 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 10,010 in Willow Street). Willow Street has the higher median household income ($106,867 vs $52,271 in Columbia). Willow Street has the higher median home value ($298,200 vs $174,200 in Columbia).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Willow Street
Population	10,217	10,010
Median age	45.4 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,271	$106,867
Median home value	$174,200	$298,200
Median gross rent	$1,064	$2,453
Housing units	5,072	4,674
Homeownership rate	52.2%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Willow Street
Population	10,382 → 10,217 (-1.6%)	8,478 → 10,010 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$41,475 → $52,271 (+26.0%)	$76,007 → $106,867 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$107,900 → $174,200 (+61.4%)	$248,000 → $298,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,064 (+32.3%)	$2,083 → $2,453 (+17.8%)

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

Willow Street

Population

8,47810,010

Median household income

$76,007$106,867

Median home value

$248,000$298,200

Median gross rent

$2,083$2,453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Willow Street
Under 5	3.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	7.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	8.7%
65 to 74	16.2%	13.2%
75 and over	9.2%	25.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Willow Street
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	82.3%
Black or African American	6.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Willow Street
No high school diploma	17.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	45.0%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Willow Street
Drove alone	74.8%	81.7%
Carpooled	13.2%	1.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	12.9%
Other means	1.3%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Willow Street
1-unit, detached	27.8%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	36.9%	20.5%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	6.2%
20 or more units	13.2%	30.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Willow Street
Poverty rate	17.4%	3.4%
Average household size	2.14	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1938	1989