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Population (year 2000): 4,255. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,240 (-0.4% change)
Males: 2,003 (47.1%), Females: 2,252 (52.9%)
Brazoria County
Zip code:
77486
Median resident age: 34.9 years
Median household income: $31,115 (year 2000)
Median house value: $53,500 (year 2000)
Races in West Columbia:
- White Non-Hispanic (60.6%)
- Black (19.5%)
- Hispanic (18.0%)
- Other race (7.8%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (9.7%), Irish (8.8%), English
(7.1%), United States (5.6%), Scotch-Irish (3.9%), French
(3.2%).
Elevation: 33 feet
Land area: 2.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Columbia
- High school or higher: 73.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.3%
- Unemployed: 6.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Columbia city
- Never married: 25.0%
- Now married: 54.6%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 8.6%
- Divorced: 9.7%
9.5% Foreign born (8.0% Latin America, 1.2%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -198 (-4.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near West Columbia:
- SWEENY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; SWEENY,
TX)
- ANGLETON-DANBURY MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles;
ANGLETON, TX)
- BRAZOSPORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; LAKE
JACKSON, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Columbia:
- BRAZORIA COUNTY (about 14 miles; ANGLETON/LAKE
JACKSON, TX; ID: LBX)
- WILLIAM P HOBBY (about 43 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
HOU)
- ELLINGTON FIELD (about 47 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
EFD)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Columbia:
- CAMERON (about 14 miles; ANGLETON, TX; ID: T34)
- BAILES (about 18 miles; ANGLETON, TX; ID: 7R9)
- BAY CITY MUNI (about 19 miles; BAY CITY, TX; ID:
BYY)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Columbia:
- WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 33 miles;
WHARTON, TX; Full-time enrollment: 3,124)
- ALVIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles; ALVIN, TX;
FT enrollment: 2,094)
- HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; HOUSTON,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,273)
- RICE UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,158)
- SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-SOUTH CAMPUS (about 43 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 3,513)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-UNIVERSITY PARK (about 45
miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 25,479)
- TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; HOUSTON,
TX; FT enrollment: 5,808)
Public high school in West Columbia:
- COLUMBIA H S (Students: 853; Location: 521 S
16TH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in West Columbia:
- COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 187;
Location: 725 W BRAZOS; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in West Columbia:
- BARROW EL (Students: 725; Location: 521 S
16TH ST; Grades: PK - 06)
- WEST COLUMBIA EL (Students: 512; Location:
521 S 16TH ST; Grades: PK - 04)
- WEST COLUMBIA J H (Students: 491; Location:
521 S 16TH ST; Grades: 07 - 08)
- WILD PEACH EL (Students: 321; Location: 521 S
16TH ST; Grades: PK - 04)
- CHARLIE BROWN INT (Students: 219; Location:
521 S 16TH ST; Grades: 05 - 06)
- BRAZORIA CO J J A E P (Students: 2; Location:
521 S 16TH ST; Grades: 06 - 12)
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