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Cost of living in Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia has about 203,711 people. Typical rent is $1,106 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $58,073 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #33 in Georgia on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

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Typical rent is $1,106 a month.

Columbus is a city in Georgia. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $58,073 a year.

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People
203,711
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,106
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$58,073
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$193,900
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,212
Columbus, GA-AL HUD Metro FMR Area

Columbus, Georgia has about 203,711 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $193,900.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Muscogee County is $1,212 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Columbus. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Columbus, GA-AL metro area, prices sit at 89.3 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Georgia taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Columbus's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Georgia home paid 16.27¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Columbus's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Georgia in the table we use.

Among 354 places we list in Georgia with a rent figure, 161 have higher typical rent than Columbus.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.