About Columbine

Columbine is a medium-sized town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 24,051 people and just one neighborhood, Columbine is the 24th largest community in Colorado.

Columbine is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.19% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Columbine is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Columbine who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.83%), sales jobs (14.22%), and management occupations (13.59%).

Also of interest is that Columbine has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Columbine is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Columbine is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Columbine really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Columbine perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Columbine is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 96.9% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Columbine.

As is often the case in a small town, Columbine doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Columbine Information and Demographics

The citizens of Columbine are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 42.71% of adults in Columbine have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Columbine in 2000 was $28,471, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,884 for a family of four. However, Columbine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Columbine home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Columbine is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Columbine include German, Irish, English, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, French, Polish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Columbine is English. Some people also speak Spanish.