Columbus is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Columbus citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.55% of adults in Columbus have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Columbus in 2022 was $26,874, 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 $107,496 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 Jamaican.
The most common language spoken in Columbus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
