West Columbia is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 18,316 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, West Columbia is the 30th largest community in South Carolina.West Columbia is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, West Columbia is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Columbia who work in sales jobs (11.69%), teaching (11.60%), and office and administrative support (11.47%). Also of interest is that West Columbia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in West Columbia telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.12% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. West Columbia 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 West Columbia 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: 38.10% of adults in West Columbia have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in West Columbia in 2022 was $35,326, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,304 for a family of four. However, West Columbia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. West Columbia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Columbia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Columbia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. West Columbia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.61% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Columbia include German, English, Irish, African, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in West Columbia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
