Columbus vs Tidioute

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

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

Tidioute has the higher population (739 vs 721 in Columbus). Columbus has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $41,167 in Tidioute). Columbus has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $79,500 in Tidioute).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Tidioute
Population	721	739
Median age	51.3 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$41,167
Median home value	$101,700	$79,500
Median gross rent	$635	$481
Housing units	364	394
Homeownership rate	93.1%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Tidioute
Population	857 → 721 (-15.9%)	753 → 739 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$49,219 → $57,750 (+17.3%)	$38,083 → $41,167 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $101,700 (+8.8%)	$74,900 → $79,500 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $635 (-10.3%)	$444 → $481 (+8.3%)

Columbus

Population

857721

Median household income

$49,219$57,750

Median home value

$93,500$101,700

Median gross rent

$708$635

Tidioute

Population

753739

Median household income

$38,083$41,167

Median home value

$74,900$79,500

Median gross rent

$444$481

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Tidioute
Under 5	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	15.8%	15.6%
75 and over	11.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Tidioute
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Tidioute
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	57.7%	63.7%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Tidioute
Drove alone	92.7%	83.6%
Carpooled	5.8%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Tidioute
1-unit, detached	93.1%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.8%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Tidioute
Poverty rate	6.2%	9.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1946	1950