Columbus vs Warren

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

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

Warren has the higher population (9,273 vs 721 in Columbus). Columbus has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $50,877 in Warren). Columbus has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $101,600 in Warren).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Warren
Population	721	9,273
Median age	51.3 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$50,877
Median home value	$101,700	$101,600
Median gross rent	$635	$774
Housing units	364	4,757
Homeownership rate	93.1%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Warren
Population	857 → 721 (-15.9%)	9,191 → 9,273 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$49,219 → $57,750 (+17.3%)	$42,939 → $50,877 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $101,700 (+8.8%)	$81,300 → $101,600 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $635 (-10.3%)	$597 → $774 (+29.6%)

Columbus

Population

857721

Median household income

$49,219$57,750

Median home value

$93,500$101,700

Median gross rent

$708$635

Warren

Population

9,1919,273

Median household income

$42,939$50,877

Median home value

$81,300$101,600

Median gross rent

$597$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Warren
Under 5	5.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	15.8%	10.8%
75 and over	11.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Warren
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Warren
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	57.7%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Warren
Drove alone	92.7%	77.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.6%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Warren
1-unit, detached	93.1%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Warren
Poverty rate	6.2%	11.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1946	1938