Columbia vs Woodfield

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

Columbia and Woodfield are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Columbia has the higher population (138,019 vs 9,901 in Woodfield). Columbia has the higher median household income ($55,653 vs $38,394 in Woodfield). Columbia has the higher median home value ($243,500 vs $128,600 in Woodfield).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Woodfield
Population	138,019	9,901
Median age	28.7 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,653	$38,394
Median home value	$243,500	$128,600
Median gross rent	$1,158	$1,190
Housing units	60,568	4,422
Homeownership rate	47.3%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Woodfield
Population	133,273 → 138,019 (+3.6%)	9,459 → 9,901 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$47,286 → $55,653 (+17.7%)	$38,782 → $38,394 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$181,100 → $243,500 (+34.5%)	$103,500 → $128,600 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,158 (+24.1%)	$965 → $1,190 (+23.3%)

Columbia

Population

133,273138,019

Median household income

$47,286$55,653

Median home value

$181,100$243,500

Median gross rent

$933$1,158

Woodfield

Population

9,4599,901

Median household income

$38,782$38,394

Median home value

$103,500$128,600

Median gross rent

$965$1,190

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Woodfield
Under 5	5.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	21.3%
18 to 24	25.5%	11.9%
25 to 34	17.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.5%
75 and over	4.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Woodfield
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	12.9%
Black or African American	39.0%	54.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	22.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Woodfield
No high school diploma	9.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	19.2%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Woodfield
Drove alone	62.9%	66.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	15.0%
Public transit	1.4%	2.1%
Walked	16.4%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	5.1%
Other means	2.2%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Woodfield
1-unit, detached	51.3%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	13.6%
20 or more units	16.6%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Woodfield
Poverty rate	23.3%	24.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1978	1973