Columbus is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,091 people and two associated neighborhoods, Columbus is the 397th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns, Columbus isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Columbus are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Columbus is a town of service providers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Columbus who work in food service (17.52%), office and administrative support (13.97%), and management occupations (11.53%). A relatively large number of people in Columbus telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.48% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Columbus has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Columbus has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Columbus than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Columbus may be for you. Being a small town, Columbus does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Columbus is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.21% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Columbus in 2022 was $25,308, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,232 for a family of four. However, Columbus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Columbus is a very ethnically-diverse town. 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 21.90% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Columbus include German, Scottish, Irish, English, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Columbus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
