` Columbia BID Project

Our basic needs are met.

Affordable Housing

IndicatorRegionCategoryBaselineMost RecentTrend

Housing Cost Burden
City of ColumbiaTotal34.8% in 2015-201933.1% in 2020-2024
Boone CountyTotal30.7% in 2015-201929.2% in 2020-2024
State of MissouriTotal26.4% in 2015-201926.3% in 2020-2024--
IndicatorRegionCategoryBaselineMost RecentTrend

Home Ownership
City of ColumbiaTotal47.4% in 2015-201948.7% in 2020-2024
Boone CountyTotal55.6% in 2015-201957.7% in 2020-2024
State of MissouriTotal66.8% in 2015-201968.1% in 2020-2024--

Poverty

IndicatorRegionCategoryBaselineMost RecentTrend

Child Poverty Rate
City of ColumbiaTotal15.1% in 2015-201912.3% in 2020-2024
Boone CountyTotal14.5% in 2015-201914.4% in 2020-2024
State of MissouriTotal18.7% in 2015-201915.8% in 2020-2024--
Equity Statement: In the City of Columbia, Black children have a poverty rate more than six and one-half times higher than White children. In Boone County, Black children have a poverty rate five times higher than White children.
IndicatorRegionCategoryBaselineMost RecentTrend

Food Insecurity
Boone CountyTotal11.0% in 202115.2% in 2023
State of MissouriTotal11.6% in 202115.4% in 2023--
Equity Statement: In Boone County, Black individuals experiece food insecurity at more than three times the rate of White individuals.