Columbia County vs Pike County

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

Columbia County and Pike County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Columbia County has the higher population (65,055 vs 59,691 in Pike County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($79,318 vs $61,992 in Columbia County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($250,900 vs $199,200 in Columbia County).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia County	Pike County
Population	65,055	59,691
Median age	41.4 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,992	$79,318
Median home value	$199,200	$250,900
Median gross rent	$904	$1,383
Housing units	29,775	39,948
Homeownership rate	70.4%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia County	Pike County
Population	65,715 → 65,055 (-1.0%)	55,453 → 59,691 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$50,550 → $61,992 (+22.6%)	$65,928 → $79,318 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$151,700 → $199,200 (+31.3%)	$185,700 → $250,900 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $904 (+19.3%)	$1,200 → $1,383 (+15.3%)

Columbia County

Population

65,71565,055

Median household income

$50,550$61,992

Median home value

$151,700$199,200

Median gross rent

$758$904

Pike County

Population

55,45359,691

Median household income

$65,928$79,318

Median home value

$185,700$250,900

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,383

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia County	Pike County
Under 5	4.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	14.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	18.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	14.1%
75 and over	8.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	77.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia County	Pike County
No high school diploma	8.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	44.8%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia County	Pike County
Drove alone	78.5%	73.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.3%
Public transit	0.3%	2.3%
Walked	3.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	12.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	69.2%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Columbia County	Pike County
Poverty rate	15.7%	9.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	44
Median year structure built	1969	1985