Columbiana is home to 4,725 people in Alabama. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 16% of adults. The median age is 44.7, about 6 years above the US median. The population is up 42% since 2000. 1% of people here were born outside the United States. People stay put here: 78% were in the same home a year ago.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $80,546, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 54%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Columbiana
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree12.0% → 15.9%(+3.9 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Poverty rate20.0% → 9.8%(−10.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age33.3 → 44.7(+11.4 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Columbiana's population equals 2.1% of Shelby County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 0.4% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.4% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)24.2%(50)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)32.4%(67)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28%(58)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.3%(13)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 207 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Columbiana, decade by decade
Columbiana population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,708
$67,617
$141,604
12.0%
39.9
2000
3,316
$61,998
$168,321
14.6%
45.1
2010
4,197
$44,751
$172,485
18.1%
55.8
2020
4,462
$55,462
$168,837
15.4%
56.1
2024
4,725
$80,546
$259,500
15.9%
65.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
