Columbia, SC (South Carolina) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 127,029 (Urban population: 125,947, Rural population: 1,082 (all nonfarm))

Columbia, South Carolina Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 46,050 (42,077 occupied: 19,155 owner occupied, 22,922 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	54%
State:	28%

Housing density: 368 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $205,422.

Median contract rent in 2007: $550 (lower quartile is $400, upper quartile is $686)

Housing units in Columbia with a mortgage: 11,745 (1,470 second mortgage, 1,641 home equity loan, 47 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,478

Columbia,SC index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $157,700 (it was $96,800 in 2000)

Columbia:	$157,700
South Carolina:	$133,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $96,500 - $270,400

Median year house/condo built: 1960

Median year apartment built: 1964

Household type by relationship

Households: 92,993

In family households: 67,688 (12,765 male householders, 9,402 female householders)
13,794 spouses, 24,726 children (23,287 natural, 547 adopted, 892 stepchildren), 2,340 grandchildren, 1,075 brothers or sisters, 604 parents, 1,304 other relatives, 1,678 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 25,305 (8,568 male householders (6,127 living alone)), 11,225 female householders (9,416 living alone)), 5,512 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 23,001 (5,696 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 9,949 2-persons, 5,401 3-persons, 4,084 4-persons, 1,723 5-persons, 728 6-persons, 282 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 15,543 1-person, 3,456 2-persons, 535 3-persons, 147 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons.

10,251 married couples with children.
8,910 single-parent households (824 men, 8,086 women).

91.8% of residents of Columbia speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 4,783 (4.1%)
(30.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.3
State:	5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Columbia, South Carolina:
	1 room: 34 2 rooms: 141 3 rooms: 514 4 rooms: 1,456 5 rooms: 3,167 6 rooms: 5,071 7 rooms: 3,553 8 rooms: 2,623 9 or more rooms: 2,596

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Columbia, South Carolina:
	1 room: 888 2 rooms: 2,421 3 rooms: 4,812 4 rooms: 7,086 5 rooms: 4,294 6 rooms: 2,144 7 rooms: 855 8 rooms: 265 9 or more rooms: 157

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 928
1995 to 1998: 3,008
1990 to 1994: 2,302
1980 to 1989: 4,814
1970 to 1979: 6,937
1960 to 1969: 8,442
1950 to 1959: 8,883
1940 to 1949: 5,059
1939 or earlier: 5,677

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Columbia:
	no bedroom: 73 1 bedroom: 408 2 bedrooms: 4,466 3 bedrooms: 9,898 4 bedrooms: 3,617 5 or more bedrooms: 693

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Columbia:
	no bedroom: 1,090 1 bedroom: 7,032 2 bedrooms: 9,983 3 bedrooms: 3,910 4 bedrooms: 823 5 or more bedrooms: 84

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Columbia in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,036 1 vehicle: 6,916 2 vehicles: 7,913 3 vehicles: 2,555 4 vehicles: 558 5 or more vehicles: 177

Cars and other vehicles available in Columbia in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 5,611 1 vehicle: 11,215 2 vehicles: 5,093 3 vehicles: 854 4 vehicles: 117 5 or more vehicles: 32

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Columbia, SC:

Less than $10,000: 72
$10,000 to $14,999: 36
$15,000 to $19,999: 34
$20,000 to $24,999: 35
$25,000 to $29,999: 40
$30,000 to $34,999: 50
$35,000 to $39,999: 61
$40,000 to $49,999: 158
$50,000 to $59,999: 337
$60,000 to $69,999: 494
$70,000 to $79,999: 597
$80,000 to $89,999: 766
$90,000 to $99,999: 876
$100,000 to $124,999: 2952
$125,000 to $149,999: 2945
$150,000 to $174,999: 1908
$175,000 to $199,999: 1413
$200,000 to $249,999: 2097
$250,000 to $299,999: 1445
$300,000 to $399,999: 1536
$400,000 to $499,999: 841
$500,000 to $749,999: 1142
$750,000 to $999,999: 270
$1,000,000 or more: 254

Columbia rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Columbia:

Less than $100: 866 people
$100 to $149: 548
$150 to $199: 667
$200 to $249: 664
$250 to $299: 806
$300 to $349: 988
$350 to $399: 1,117
$400 to $449: 1,275
$450 to $499: 1,611
$500 to $549: 1,498
$550 to $599: 1,620
$600 to $649: 1,565
$650 to $699: 1,357
$700 to $749: 1,059
$750 to $799: 1,028
$800 to $899: 1,720
$900 to $999: 847
$1,000 to $1,249: 514
$1,250 to $1,499: 129
$1,500 to $1,999: 119
$2,000 or more: 111
No cash rent: 1,531

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 2,091 1990 to 1994: 677 1985 to 1989: 653 1980 to 1984: 420 1975 to 1979: 336 1970 to 1974: 114 1970 to 1974: 103 1965 to 1969: 389

Columbia, SC Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 86.1%
Number of people working at home: 1,449 (2.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 3307
5 to 9 minutes: 9877
10 to 14 minutes: 10665
15 to 19 minutes: 11603
20 to 24 minutes: 7315
25 to 29 minutes: 1981
30 to 34 minutes: 4240
35 to 39 minutes: 502
40 to 44 minutes: 437
45 to 59 minutes: 1038
60 to 89 minutes: 934
90 or more minutes: 940

Columbia mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 35,524 (65%)
Carpooled: 6,117 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2,005 (4%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 26 (0%)
Ferryboat: 13 (0%)
Taxi: 201 (0%)
Motorcycle: 111 (0%)
Bicycle: 207 (0%)
Walked: 7,282 (13%)
Other means: 1,345 (2%)
Worked at home: 1,449 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 7012
$10,000 to $14,999: 3525
$15,000 to $19,999: 3541
$20,000 to $24,999: 3125
$25,000 to $29,999: 2962
$30,000 to $34,999: 3014
$35,000 to $39,999: 2464
$40,000 to $44,999: 2056
$45,000 to $49,999: 1889
$50,000 to $59,999: 2899
$60,000 to $74,999: 2822
$75,000 to $99,999: 2647
$100,000 to $124,999: 1439
$125,000 to $149,999: 689
$150,000 to $199,999: 760
$200,000 or more: 1116

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 48946

English: 6783

German: 6596

United States or American: 6060

Irish: 4956

Scotch-Irish: 3195

Italian: 2067

Scottish: 1835

Subsaharan African:: 1549

French (except Basque): 1473

African: 1363

European: 968

Polish: 681

British: 586

Norwegian: 463

Dutch: 446

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 436

Greek: 382

Arab:: 382

French Canadian: 260

Swedish: 258

Russian: 239

Jamaican: 214

Lebanese: 200

Welsh: 200

Swiss: 136

Canadian: 120

Nigerian: 103

Austrian: 79

Lithuanian: 71

Arab/Arabic: 70

Armenian: 68

Danish: 66

Czech: 64

Slovak: 61

Finnish: 59

Portuguese: 55

Haitian: 50

Brazilian: 50

Other Subsaharan African: 48

Scandinavian: 46

Other Arab: 42

Ukrainian: 41

Hungarian: 41

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 41

Czechoslovakian: 38

West Indian: 38

Turkish: 35

Syrian: 35

Israeli: 35

Belizean: 32

Romanian: 31

Bulgarian: 27

Croatian: 25

Bermudan: 25

Latvian: 24

Moroccan: 23

Slavic: 21

Ghanian: 18

Luxemburger: 17

Australian: 16

Slovene: 15

Guyanese: 13

Celtic: 13

Northern European: 12

British West Indian: 12

Yugoslavian: 12

Belgian: 11

U.S. Virgin Islander: 10

Maltese: 9

Bahamian: 8

Cape Verdean: 7

Barbadian: 6

Jordanian: 6

Egyptian: 6

South African: 5

Sierra Leonean: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (14%)
India (8%)
Korea (8%)
Germany (7%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Canada (5%)
United Kingdom (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 68675
Northeast: 9414
Midwest: 5980
South: 21792
West: 3597

42% of Columbia residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in South Carolina.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 272
Nursery to 4th grade: 168
5th and 6th grade: 345
7th and 8th grade: 774
9th grade: 512
10th grade: 811
11th grade: 1,250
12th grade, no diploma: 1,231
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,448
Less than 1 year of college: 1,506
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,554
Associate degree: 1,629
Bachelor's degree: 6,796
Master's degree: 2,543
Professional school degree: 1,592
Doctorate degree: 742

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 255
Nursery to 4th grade: 302
5th and 6th grade: 448
7th and 8th grade: 931
9th grade: 744
10th grade: 1,122
11th grade: 1,307
12th grade, no diploma: 1,144
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,901
Less than 1 year of college: 2,090
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,271
Associate degree: 2,310
Bachelor's degree: 7,241
Master's degree: 3,443
Professional school degree: 749
Doctorate degree: 367

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 7.9%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 16.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 12.6%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.4%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 19.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 18.2%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 8.6%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 32.5%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 10.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 9.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $50,817
Black householders: $23,336
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $9,210
Asian householders: $40,481
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $52,076
Some other race householders: $34,298
Two or more races householders: $44,543
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $34,675

Columbia household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Columbia household income for Black householders

Columbia household income for Asian householders

Columbia household income for Some other race householders

Columbia household income for Two or more races householders

Columbia household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Columbia marital status for males

Columbia marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $207,062
Black or African American householders: $115,016
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $148,251
Asian householders: $154,767
Some other race householders: $165,519
Two or more races householders: $161,447
Hispanic or Latino householders: $249,908

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 23,876
One, attached: 1,938
Two: 3,635
3 or 4: 3,927
5 to 9: 4,670
10 to 19: 2,538
20 to 49: 1,641
50 or more: 3,386
Mobile homes: 425
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14

Median worth of mobile homes: $9,300

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Columbia:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (69%) Electricity (29%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (60%) Utility gas (37%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,111

Here:	10.6%
South Carolina:	9.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 741

Here:	12.9%
South Carolina:	8.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,591

Here:	16.2%
South Carolina:	20.3%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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