Columbus is a medium-sized city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 23,035 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Columbus is the 18th largest community in Mississippi.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Columbus is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Columbus is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Columbus who work in food service (10.57%), sales jobs (10.44%), and healthcare (9.10%). One of the benefits of Columbus is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.65 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. 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: 25.83% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Columbus in 2022 was $28,006, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,024 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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Columbus include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Columbus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
