Columbus is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 51,522 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Columbus is the 19th largest community in Indiana.Columbus is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Columbus is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Columbus who work in management occupations (10.75%), architecture and engineering (10.66%), and office and administrative support (10.61%). Also of interest is that Columbus has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.29% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Columbus’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.Columbus is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 41.28% of adults in Columbus have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. 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.
