Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Columbus is worth considering.
Being a small town, 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: 27.21% 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.
