Population & Demographics
Columbia, SC
Columbia is home to 139,643 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 51,847 resident workers commute each day.
139,643 residents
Median age 28.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Columbia population & demographics
Who lives in Columbia — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Columbia
How Columbia breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Columbia
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Columbia.
These figures are for Columbia proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Columbia commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Columbia
51,847 commutes, one dot at a time
Columbia
Where 51,847 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Columbia, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Columbia.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Columbia’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Columbia
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).