Home values, rents and more in Columbus, MS
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Columbus compares
The typical home in Columbus, MS is worth about $178,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Columbus are 5% below the typical value in the Columbus metro area ($187,000) and 51% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Columbus rose 3.4%, compared with +3.3% in the Columbus metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,371 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Columbus metro area ($1,403) and 29% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $42,235, against $51,117 in the Columbus metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 23,348 people live in Columbus (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Columbus has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 4 cities in the Columbus metro area and the 85th-highest of 276 in Mississippi with Zillow figures.
Part of: Lowndes County, MS · Columbus metro area · Mississippi
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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.