Columbus is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,938 people and two associated neighborhoods, Columbus is the 461st largest community in Texas.

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: 9.32% 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 is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In terms of college education, Columbus is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.81% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Columbus in 2022 was $30,453, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,812 for a family of four. However, Columbus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Columbus also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.49% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Columbus is an extremely 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 Black or African-American. Columbus also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Columbus include German, English, Scottish, Irish, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Columbus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.