| ECONOMY | Columbia township | State College | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 4.90% | 4.90% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 2.33% | 0.31% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 39.76% | 35.72% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.35% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.00% | 5.32% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $19,517 | $14,907 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $37,578 | $29,021 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 18.99% | 26.14% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.17% | 18.54% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.88% | 12.74% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.30% | 13.07% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.35% | 11.77% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.27% | 7.10% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 6.42% | 6.70% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.85% | 2.86% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.70% | 0.99% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.07% | 0.09% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 11.52% | 7.85% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 29.78% | 39.93% | 20.61% |
| Service | 16.17% | 23.73% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 26.92% | 22.24% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.51% | 0.36% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 5.92% | 1.74% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 9.18% | 4.15% | 14.05% |
