Columbia vs Mount Pleasant

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

Columbia and Mount Pleasant are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Columbia has the higher population (43,971 vs 4,803 in Mount Pleasant). Columbia has the higher median household income ($61,204 vs $49,897 in Mount Pleasant). Columbia has the higher median home value ($261,700 vs $217,600 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Mount Pleasant
Population	43,971	4,803
Median age	35.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,204	$49,897
Median home value	$261,700	$217,600
Median gross rent	$1,092	$812
Housing units	19,160	2,243
Homeownership rate	63.6%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Mount Pleasant
Population	38,380 → 43,971 (+14.6%)	4,847 → 4,803 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$49,284 → $61,204 (+24.2%)	$37,578 → $49,897 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$151,000 → $261,700 (+73.3%)	$107,800 → $217,600 (+101.9%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $1,092 (+26.4%)	$538 → $812 (+50.9%)

Columbia

Population

38,38043,971

Median household income

$49,284$61,204

Median home value

$151,000$261,700

Median gross rent

$864$1,092

Mount Pleasant

Population

4,8474,803

Median household income

$37,578$49,897

Median home value

$107,800$217,600

Median gross rent

$538$812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	7.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.0%
75 and over	6.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	66.1%
Black or African American	15.6%	26.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	8.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	34.6%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	75.8%	80.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	6.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	69.3%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	14.3%	22.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1979	1981