One thing noticeable about Columbus, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Columbus is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Columbus a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.
Overall, Columbus’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The citizens of Columbus are among the most well-educated in the nation: 41.28% of adults in Columbus have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Columbus in 2022 was $43,017, which is wealthy relative to Indiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $172,068 for a family of four. However, Columbus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Columbus is a very 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 White, followed by Asian. Columbus also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.02% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Columbus include German, English, Irish, European, and Scottish.
In addition, Columbus has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.13%).
The most common language spoken in Columbus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
