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Columbus city, Franklin County, OH

905,910 Population
216.5 square miles 4,184.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 35.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,935 ±$1,069 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $44,103 ±$980
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $40,934 ±$342
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,948 ±$2,072 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $76,536 ±$1,656
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $72,212 ±$538
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.3% ±1.4% (151,945  ±12,161) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 13.8% 182,891 (±1% / ±13,475)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 12.7% 1,467,983 (±0.3% / ±33,353)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.1 minutes ±0.5 (8,785,685  ±300,147) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 21.9 12,816,645 (±0.4 / ±367,756)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.8 120,833,640 (±0.2 / ±1,131,298)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

385,706 ±5,629 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 559,276 ±5,437
  • Ohio: 4,929,322 ±14,176
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (879,948  ±754) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 2.4 1,325,110 (±0 / ±621)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,586,466
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±0.9% (12,364  ±2,302) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 4.7% † 16,674 (±0.8% / ±2,711)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 138,576 (±0.3% / ±6,966)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

424,638 ±4,288 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 608,773 ±397
  • Ohio: 5,336,168 ±1,425
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$276,900 ±$6,637 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $315,100 ±$6,632
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $239,800 ±$1,395
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

19.7% ±1.4% (176,606  ±12,376.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 16.8% 225,100 (±1% / ±13,621.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 11.8% 1,383,489 (±0.3% / ±29,556)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.9% ±2.2% (545,858  ±13,951.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 91.5% 836,805 (±1.8% / ±16,255.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 92.2% 7,607,705 (±0.5% / ±43,588.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38.5% ±1.3% (233,718  ±8,353.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 42.7% 390,422 (±1.1% / ±9,940.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 32.4% 2,670,043 (±0.3% / ±24,912.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15% ±1.2% (135,942  ±10,481) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 13.1% 177,517
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 654,793
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.3% ±0.5% (30,447  ±3,170) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 4.5% 47,187 (±0.4% / ±3,829)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 6.2% 572,074 (±0.1% / ±11,365)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
30,447 Total veterans ±3,170 27,041 Male ±2,825 3,406 Female ±1,241

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