Columbia City, Indiana

Columbia City population, 2020 to 2024

Columbia City added 219 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +38. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Columbia City is 70% of it.

Columbia City covers 5.49 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,855 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Columbia City is denser than the typical town.

What county Columbia City is in

All of Columbia City's residents live in Whitley County, which had 34,885 residents in 2024. Columbia City holds 29.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Columbia City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Columbia City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46725. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Columbia City is

The Census internal point of Columbia City is at 41.163100, -85.478800. Indianapolis, the capital, is 102.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Huntertown, IN (11,481 people), 16.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 18.2 miles away.

Daylight in Columbia City

At 41.16° N, Columbia City gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Columbia City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is South Whitley, 9.3 miles away, with 1,849 people.