Columbus vs Sheffield

A side-by-side comparison of Columbus and Sheffield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Both have a population of 721. Columbus has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $56,331 in Sheffield). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($104,800 vs $101,700 in Columbus).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Sheffield
Population	721	721
Median age	51.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$56,331
Median home value	$101,700	$104,800
Median gross rent	$635	$683
Housing units	364	333
Homeownership rate	93.1%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Sheffield
Population	857 → 721 (-15.9%)	1,087 → 721 (-33.7%)
Median household income	$49,219 → $57,750 (+17.3%)	$42,798 → $56,331 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $101,700 (+8.8%)	$122,000 → $104,800 (-14.1%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $635 (-10.3%)	$416 → $683 (+64.2%)

Columbus

Population

857721

Median household income

$49,219$57,750

Median home value

$93,500$101,700

Median gross rent

$708$635

Sheffield

Population

1,087721

Median household income

$42,798$56,331

Median home value

$122,000$104,800

Median gross rent

$416$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Sheffield
Under 5	5.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	17.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	7.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	15.8%	15.1%
75 and over	11.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Sheffield
No high school diploma	6.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	57.7%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Sheffield
Drove alone	92.7%	71.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	93.1%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Sheffield
Poverty rate	6.2%	21.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1946	1942