Columbiana is a somewhat small city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 6,757 people and two associated neighborhoods, Columbiana is the 230th largest community in Ohio.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Columbiana is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Columbiana is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Columbiana who work in management occupations (14.99%), sales jobs (11.46%), and teaching (9.66%). Also of interest is that Columbiana 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: 9.08% 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. Columbiana 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.The population of Columbiana is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.73% of adults in Columbiana have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Columbiana in 2022 was $42,682, which is wealthy relative to Ohio, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,728 for a family of four. However, Columbiana contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Columbiana home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Columbiana residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Columbiana include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Columbiana is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Spanish.
