Columbus vs Sugar Grove

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

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

Columbus has the higher population (721 vs 476 in Sugar Grove). Sugar Grove has the higher median household income ($71,354 vs $57,750 in Columbus). Sugar Grove has the higher median home value ($134,200 vs $101,700 in Columbus).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Sugar Grove
Population	721	476
Median age	51.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$71,354
Median home value	$101,700	$134,200
Median gross rent	$635	$764
Housing units	364	218
Homeownership rate	93.1%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Sugar Grove
Population	857 → 721 (-15.9%)	613 → 476 (-22.3%)
Median household income	$49,219 → $57,750 (+17.3%)	$60,982 → $71,354 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $101,700 (+8.8%)	$108,500 → $134,200 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $635 (-10.3%)	$604 → $764 (+26.5%)

Columbus

Population

857721

Median household income

$49,219$57,750

Median home value

$93,500$101,700

Median gross rent

$708$635

Sugar Grove

Population

613476

Median household income

$60,982$71,354

Median home value

$108,500$134,200

Median gross rent

$604$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Sugar Grove
Under 5	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	21.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	15.8%	6.9%
75 and over	11.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Sugar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	83.6%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Sugar Grove
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	57.7%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Sugar Grove
Drove alone	92.7%	72.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Sugar Grove
1-unit, detached	93.1%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Sugar Grove
Poverty rate	6.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1946	1938