2025 Compare Cities Economy:
Columbus, KY vs Glasgow, KY

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Highlights
- Household income in Glasgow, is 26% more than it is in Columbus and is 78% below the National Average.
- Columbus unemployment rate is 5.0%.
- Glasgow unemployment rate is 5.7%.
 Columbus, KYGlasgow, KYUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock5.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.9%1.6%
 Future Job Growth4.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock6.5%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$22,517  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$38,669$69,021
 Family Median Income$34,375  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Columbus, KYGlasgow, KYUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock21.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K13.4%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock11.7%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K16.4%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock11.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K3.0%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock6.9%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K6.0%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock8.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K0.0%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock2.7%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Columbus, KYGlasgow, KYUnited States
 Management, business, finance4.7%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.3%6.5%
 Community, social services0.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.4%1.2%
 Education, library7.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology0.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.6%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement9.4%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock4.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance5.9%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support9.4%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair0.0%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock23.2%13.1%
Reviews for Columbus    1 Reviews

Just wanted to let everyone know that there is no school in Columbus, Kentucky. That school was torn down back years ago. The Columbus children go to Clinton,Kentucky  More

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Reviews for Glasgow    2 Reviews

Retired here 2 years ago from Michigan. Less winter but still a lot of gloomy grey days with rain. Had a new house built only to find a very poor work ethic here. It's  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live here in Glasgow all my life and we do have few bad apples in our city but I cannot say that everyone is like that. I am not like that at all and I know there are  More

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