Columbia, MD
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Columbia, MD: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 95,072. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet COLUMBIA-MD · Columbia, MD 3 ZIPs · 95,072 pop · #1711/25278 · Howard County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-HIGH
- INC-TOP $127,144
- RANK-TOP #1711/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Woodstock
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 65% owners
- POP-SMALL 95,072
- SPREAD-TIGHT 21045→21044
- HOME-HIGH $499,900
Nearest income peer: Woodstock, MD (+ $7,528 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Columbia
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Columbia on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Savage · lowest $76,842
Savage · lowest
$76,842 median HH income
- Jessup · near
Jessup · near
$116,406 median HH income
- Columbia · this city
Columbia · this city
$127,144 median HH income
- Woodstock · near
Woodstock · near
$134,672 median HH income
- Elkridge · near
Elkridge · near
$135,303 median HH income
- Laurel · near
Laurel · near
$138,113 median HH income
- Glenwood · highest
Glenwood · highest
$250,001 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Columbia, MD sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 7%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 95,072
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $127,144
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $127,144 and home value $499,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 62.1%.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (64.6%) for this income tier, rent $2,025 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Maryland, Bel Air is the closest lower-income city and Pomfret the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Columbia.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Columbia differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Columbia: $118,563 in ZIP 21045 to $135,057 in 21044. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.1×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 1.6 points
21045 to 21044
21045 to 21044
21044 to 21045
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Columbia residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Columbia: the largest, 21044, is only about 44% of 95,072 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Columbia
Citywide ZBP: 3,710 establishments, 86,193 employees , annual payroll $7,802,787k (~39 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 21045 (1,410 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (906) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .
ZIP Codes in Columbia, MD
These ZIP codes sit in Howard County, which covers 20 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Columbia. See the Howard County roll-up →
Columbia sits in the lower half of Howard County on income: Laurel, Ellicott City and Elkridge report more, Jessup and Savage report less. Fulton marks the far end of that range at $250,000+, 97% above Columbia.
Side-by-side: Compare 21044 vs 21045 →
Columbia roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Columbia, .