Is Columbia Tennessee a nice place to live?

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Columbia is a town in Tennessee with a population of 39,515. Columbia is in Maury County. Living in Columbia offers residents a sparse suburban feel and most residents own their homes. Many families live in Columbia and residents tend to lean conservative.

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Real Estate

• Rent

  38%

• Own

  62%

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Crime & Safety

Crime & Safety

grade C

Based on violent and property crime rates.

• Assault

  602.2

  national  282.7

• Murder

  4.9

  national  6.1

• Rape

  61

  national  40.7

• Robbery

  70.7

  national  135.5

• Burglary

  492.5

  national  500.1

• Theft

  2,370

  national  2,042.8

• Motor Vehicle Theft

  280.4

  national  284

Residents

Diversity

grade A

Based on ethnic and economic diversity.

• <10 years

  14%

• 10-17 years

  12%

• 18-24 years

  8%

• 25-34 years

  16%

• 35-44 years

  13%

• 45-54 years

  11%

• 55-64 years

  12%

• 65+ years

  15%

More

• Master's degree or higher

  7%

  national  13%

• Bachelor's degree

  15%

  national  20%

• Some college or associate's degree

  34%

  national  29%

• High school diploma or equivalent

  34%

  national  27%

• Less than high school diploma

  10%

  national  11%

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Working in Columbia

Jobs

grade B+

Based on employment rates, job and business growth, and cost of living.

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Laughing at the high ratings for Columbia. I am from here and looking to leave. Columbia is the place that tracked down and tried to murder Thurgood Marshall back in the day. Not much has changed since then. Most places close down at 5pm. There are very few jobs outside of Walmart, Kroger, and Lowes. Most residents commute to Coolsprings or beyond for sustainable work. The best parts of this conservative, racist town is the Crystal Shop, Crystals and Curiosities, that survives, somehow, Vanh Dy's Restaurant and affordable housing (because no one with options wants to live here). Look elsewhere. I would give it negative 5 stars if I could but the algorithm will not allow anything less than 2. Just know, Columbia is the place where hope comes to die.

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I have grown up in Columbia, Tennessee. Locals, such as myself, call the city "Muletown" because Columbia is the mule capital of the world! Every year we have a huge festival that lasts a week long, dedicated just to mules. I have always loved living here and hope my family stays, when I move away for college. My favorite part of Columbia is the Square, all of the stores around the square have been remodeled and restored.

I'm sitting here laughing at the 4 and 5 star reviews of this town. What are yall talking about?

The town is rundown. The people are not kind to "outsiders" (people who weren't born here and ultimately will die here).

Race relations are tense. I've never heard epithets used so casually in my life, and I've lived in more than a few southern cities.

There's nothing to do, and the only saving grace this pathetic town had was its cheap real estate which now is zooming sky high.

There is literally NOTHING redeeming about this hole of a city.

Well, the courthouse is pretty. The end.