Home values, rents and more in Columbia, PA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Columbia compares
The typical home in Columbia, PA is worth about $290,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Columbia are 25% below the typical value in the Lancaster metro area ($386,000) and 21% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Columbia rose 4.3%, compared with +4.3% in the Lancaster metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,347 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 14% below the Lancaster metro area ($1,575) and 30% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 6.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $54,437, against $86,959 in the Lancaster metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 10,278 people live in Columbia (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Columbia has the lowest typical home value of the 17 cities in the Lancaster metro area and the 276th-highest of 773 in Pennsylvania with Zillow figures.
Part of: Lancaster County, PA · Lancaster metro area · Pennsylvania
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.