Columbia.
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Missouri·Boone County
32 tracts·110K people·$285K median·1,635/mi²
White 72 · Black 12 · Asian 6 · Multiracial 5 · Hispanic 4 · Other 0
Married couple 36 · Living alone 36 · Other 29
Health 41 · Professional 22 · Retail 14 · Leisure 11 · Manufacturing 7 · Public admin 4 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 52 · Service 18 · Sales · office 17 · Production · transport 8 · Construction · maintenance 4
Drive alone 74 · Carpool 15 · Work from home 10 · Walk 7 · Transit 1 · Bike 1
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Columbia is $284,600 (Census ACS) — 0.6× the US median of $458,812.
Columbia has 128,548 residents across 28 census tracts and 28 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 29.5; the population is 71.7% White, 12.1% Black, 6.3% Asian, 5.0% Multiracial, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino and 0.5% Other; the average household has 2.3 people; 56.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 19.3% (Census ACS).
FAIRVIEW ELEM. (68%), MILL CREEK ELEM. (68%) and RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. (62%) lead the elementary schools; JOHN WARNER MIDDLE SCHOOL (72%), JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL (58%) and ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MID. SCHOOL (53%) lead the middle schools; ROCK BRIDGE SR. HIGH (61%), DAVID H. HICKMAN HIGH (42%) and MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL (18%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,097/month, 30% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Columbia is $66,498 a year, 23% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Columbia, median rent is $1,097/month and the median home value is $284,600 (Census ACS).
Columbia reported 3.9 violent crimes and 25.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 87°F; winter lows average 25°F; there are 75 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 42 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Columbia are winter weather (50), tornado (49) and strong wind (47), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.14g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Columbia, 7.2% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).