Being a small city, Columbus does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Columbus is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.27% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Columbus in 2022 was $48,210, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $192,840 for a family of four. However, Columbus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Columbus is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Columbus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Columbus residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Columbus also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.27% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Columbus include German, Czech, Scottish, English, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Columbus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
