City safety & data profile

ColumbiaTN

Columbia, TN is a 37K-resident city in Maury County with a median household income of $63,719.

Maury County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Columbia, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Columbia has a population larger than 71% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $308,700, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

37K
Population (place)
Top 29%
By size
$63,719
Median income (place)
$308,700
Median home (place)
14.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Columbia

Columbia posts a median household income higher than 28% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Columbia area.

Bottom 29%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Columbia

Where Columbia income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$63,719 Bottom 28% higher than 28% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Columbia $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Columbia, TN beyond the headline numbers

Columbia sits inside Maury County, Tennessee, at roughly 35.62°N, -87.04°W. Population 36,800, $63,719 median household income. Median home value $308,700, median rent $1,197. Poverty rate 14.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Columbia, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Columbia, TN stands at 14.2%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Columbia runs about 4.8 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

12.8% of Columbia workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 18% in Columbia, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Columbia workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Columbia from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
36,800
Columbia · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$63,719
-29% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$308,700
-25% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Maury County): Columbia's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
108K+32%
Median Income
$76,130+68%
Median Home Value
$355,700+161%
Poverty Rate
9.8%-36%
Unemployment
2.4%-75%

Economics

Economics indicators for Columbia, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,197/mo
Poverty Rate
14.2% +15% vs avg
Unemployment 2.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 25.4%
Work From Home 12.8%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 69.9%
African American 16.7%
Asian 1.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.4%
High Blood Pressure
40%
Obesity
36.9%
Physical Inactivity
27.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.2%
Current Smoking
18%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.1%
Binge Drinking
14.3%
Diabetes
13.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
13%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 58%
Annual Checkup 76.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.8%
Stroke
3.8%

Hospitals 3 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
0
★★★
1
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
3
With ER
1
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL
COLUMBIA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Columbia?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Columbia right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TN-COLUMBIA-TN · Columbia

Columbia: 91 tagged alerts; lead category ECCC weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 91 on record
  • MIX-LED 82% ca-weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · CPSC/FDA/NHTSA · USGS
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Columbia

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 91 tagged notices on record for Columbia.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ55)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Columbia; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Tennessee state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (91 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Columbia, TN? ▼
Columbia, TN has a population of 36,800 people, located in Maury County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Columbia? ▼
The median household income in Columbia, TN is $63,719 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.2%.
What is the median home value in Columbia? ▼
The median home value in Columbia, TN is $308,700. Median rent is $1,197/month.
What are the top health concerns in Columbia? ▼
The top health indicators in Columbia include Short Sleep Duration (40.4%), High Blood Pressure (40%), Obesity (36.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Columbia? ▼
Columbia has 3 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Columbia? ▼
The median age in Columbia, TN is 35.5 years. 25.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Columbia, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (14.2% here).

Warner Robins, GA 14.2% Lynnwood, WA 14.2% Santa Paula, CA 14.2% Sidney, OH 14.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($63,719 here).

Fort Myers, FL $63,732 Liberal, KS $63,706 Lancaster, PA $63,690 Sun City West, AZ $63,685

Compare Columbia with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Spring Hill, TN 36K Lewisburg, TN 11K Franklin, TN 73K Lawrenceburg, TN 11K Brentwood Estates, TN 31K Brentwood, TN 42K Dickson, TN 15K Shelbyville, TN 21K
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Using Columbia's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Columbia area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Columbia against Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Maury County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.