2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Collegeville, PA vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Household income in Columbus, is 38% less than it is in Collegeville and is 18% below the National Average.
- Collegeville unemployment rate is 5.6%.
- Columbus unemployment rate is 5.7%.
 Collegeville, PAColumbus, OHUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.6%5.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.4%0.9%1.6%
 Future Job Growth29.8%34.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%7.5%6.2%
 Income Taxes4.5%5.7%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$37,770$32,481$37,638
 Household Income$93,934$58,575$69,021
 Family Median Income$173,304$70,630$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Collegeville, PAColumbus, OHUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K7.2%10.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K0.5%4.3%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K5.5%8.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.1%10.0%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K13.0%8.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K4.4%8.9%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K7.0%10.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.1%13.5%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K10.5%15.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K19.8%5.2%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K15.9%4.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Collegeville, PAColumbus, OHUnited States
 Management, business, finance16.8%16.9%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science14.4%8.0%6.5%
 Community, social services2.3%2.1%1.8%
 Legal0.0%1.1%1.2%
 Education, library7.6%5.8%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.7%2.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology2.0%6.6%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.3%3.6%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.9%1.8%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving7.8%6.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.7%3.1%3.6%
 Personal care4.6%2.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support26.6%21.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair0.7%4.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving6.5%14.2%13.1%
Reviews for Collegeville    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Down about a mile from trappe in collegeville there is the perkiomen trail that runs along the perkiomen creek and meets with the schylkull river. That trail goes all  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 2 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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