` Columbia BID Project

Our basic needs are met.

Affordable Housing

IndicatorRegionCategoryBaselineMost RecentTrend

Housing Cost Burden

City of ColumbiaTotal35.2% in 2014-201833.4% in 2019-2023
Boone CountyTotal30.6% in 2014-201829.5% in 2019-2023
State of MissouriTotal27.1% in 2014-201825.9% in 2019-2023--
IndicatorRegionCategoryBaselineMost RecentTrend

Home Ownership

City of ColumbiaTotal46.7% in 2014-201849.4% in 2019-2023
Boone CountyTotal55.3% in 2014-201858.1% in 2019-2023
State of MissouriTotal66.8% in 2014-201867.9% in 2019-2023--

Poverty

IndicatorRegionCategoryBaselineMost RecentTrend

Child Poverty Rate

City of ColumbiaTotal15.5% in 2014-201813.4% in 2019-2023
Boone CountyTotal15.8% in 2014-201814.8% in 2019-2023
State of MissouriTotal19.4% in 2014-201816.0% in 2019-2023--
Equity Statement: In the City of Columbia, Black children have a poverty rate seven times higher than White children. In Boone County, Black children have a poverty rate almost six times higher than White children.
IndicatorRegionCategoryBaselineMost RecentTrend

Food Insecurity

Boone CountyTotal11.0% in 202114.1% in 2022
State of MissouriTotal11.6% in 202115.0% in 2022--
Equity Statement: In Boone County, Black individuals experiece food insecurity at more than twice the rate of White individuals.