Moving to Columbia, Maryland

About Columbia, Maryland
Columbia

Columbia is a planned community in Howard County, Maryland, United States, consisting of 10 self-contained villages. With a population of 104,681 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most-populous community in Maryland, after Baltimore. Columbia, located between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area and is tracked by the United States Census Bureau as a census-designated place. Columbia proper consists only of territory governed by the Columbia Association, a not-for-profit management company. The United States Postal Service also uses the name for other communities that predate Columbia, including Simpsonville and Atholton; the Census Bureau also counts part of Clarksville as Columbia.

Developer James Rouse founded Columbia in 1967, aiming to create a community that would avoid the inconveniences of then-current subdivision design; eliminate racial, religious and class segregation; and reduce leapfrog and spot zoning development.

Gender
Gender Columbia Maryland Country
Female 51.6% 51.5% 50.8%
Male 48.4% 48.5% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.052%48%Female51.6%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.04%2%5%3%5%11%14%23%15%18%$100K to $150K22.7%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Columbia Maryland Country
Less than $10,000 3.8% 4.6% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 2.2% 2.6% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 4.8% 5.6% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 3% 6.1% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 5.2% 9.3% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 10.8% 15.2% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 14.3% 13% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 22.7% 19.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 14.8% 10.8% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 18.4% 13.4% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.03%2%13%15%5%29%22%5%6%Bachelor Degree29%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Columbia Maryland Country
< 9th Grade 3% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 2% 6% 7.0%
High School or GED 13% 24% 27.0%
Other College 15% 19% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 5% 7% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 29% 22% 20.0%
Master's Degree 22% 13% 9.0%
Professional Degree 5% 3% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 6% 3% 1.0%
Household Income
 Columbia Maryland  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K3.84.65.82.22.64.14.85.68.536.18.65.29.31210.815.217.214.31312.822.719.315.614.810.87.118.413.48.3
Education
 Columbia Maryland  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade33526713242715192057929222022139532631
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.045%27%0%13%9%0%5%1%White44.5%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Columbia Maryland Country
White 44.5% 50.2% 60.1%
African American 27% 29.4% 12.2%
American Indian 0.3% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 13.3% 6.3% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.8% 0.4% 0.3%
Multiracial 4.7% 3.3% 2.8%
Hispanic 9.4% 10.3% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Columbia Maryland  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0017.53552.570Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite44.550.260.12729.412.20.30.20.613.36.35.6000.20.80.40.34.73.32.89.410.318.2