Columbia, MD
Summary
Columbia is the first planned community in the United States. Columbia is a collection of 10 villages unified under the Columbia Association. Columbia, MD is uniquely located in the center of the Baltimore-Washington DC corridor.
Columbia, MD Villages
- Dorsey’s Search
- Harper’s Choice
- Hickory Ridge
- Kings Contrivance
- Long Reach
- Oakland Mills
- Owen Brown
- River Hill
- Town Center
- Wilde Lake
Facts
- Population: 103,991
- Population trend: growing
- County: Howard County
- ZIP: 21044, 21045, 21046
- Area Code: 443
- Nearest airport: BWI
- Median household income: $108,352
- Median home value: $378,300
- Owner-occupied housing unit rate: 74%
- Home price forecast: +7.5%
- School district: Howard County Public School System
- OfferMarket School Rating: 8/10
Nearby attractions
- BWI Airport (17 min, 16.9 miles)
- Ellicott City (11 min, 8.5 miles)
- Downtown Baltimore (24 min, 21.4 miles)
- Silver Spring, MD (25 min, 18 miles)
- University of Maryland, College Park (26 min, 21.1 miles)
- Washington, DC (37 min, 31.5 miles)
- Rockville, MD (29 min, 24 miles)
- Bethesda, MD (29 min, 21.4 miles)
- Towson, MD (30 min, 27.5 miles)
Major employers
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (5,000)
- Lorien Health Systems (2,000)
- Howard County General Hospital (1,827)
- Howard Community College (1,428)
- Verizon (1,346)
- Leidos (1,195)
- Oracle MICROS Systems (1,052)
- Coastal Sunbelt Produce (1,050)
- Giant Food (1,050)
- Wells Fargo (842)