Columbus vs Eagle Lake

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

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

Columbus has the higher population (3,718 vs 3,464 in Eagle Lake). Eagle Lake has the higher median household income ($71,684 vs $57,214 in Columbus). Columbus has the higher median home value ($219,300 vs $110,700 in Eagle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Eagle Lake
Population	3,718	3,464
Median age	42.8 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,214	$71,684
Median home value	$219,300	$110,700
Median gross rent	$1,047	$1,106
Housing units	1,564	1,312
Homeownership rate	72.9%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Eagle Lake
Population	3,617 → 3,718 (+2.8%)	3,739 → 3,464 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$49,549 → $57,214 (+15.5%)	$44,500 → $71,684 (+61.1%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $219,300 (+53.0%)	$63,600 → $110,700 (+74.1%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,047 (+76.6%)	$758 → $1,106 (+45.9%)

Columbus

Population

3,6173,718

Median household income

$49,549$57,214

Median home value

$143,300$219,300

Median gross rent

$593$1,047

Eagle Lake

Population

3,7393,464

Median household income

$44,500$71,684

Median home value

$63,600$110,700

Median gross rent

$758$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Eagle Lake
Under 5	3.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	24.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	13.2%	14.5%
25 to 34	4.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	6.2%	7.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.7%
75 and over	10.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Eagle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	20.8%
Black or African American	18.9%	15.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.8%	63.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Eagle Lake
No high school diploma	12.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	37.0%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Eagle Lake
Drove alone	81.7%	78.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.8%
Other means	3.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Eagle Lake
1-unit, detached	66.6%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.7%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Eagle Lake
Poverty rate	28.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.77	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1970	1968