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Columbus city, Fairfield County, OH

11,161 Population
1.7 square miles 6,598 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Fairfield County: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,416 ±$5,494 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fairfield County: $41,813 ±$1,112
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,000 ±$15,642 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fairfield County: $90,966 ±$2,392
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.2% ±4.5% (1,465  ±501) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Fairfield County: 8% 12,779 (±0.8% / ±1,249)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±0.8 (117,330  ±12,952) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Fairfield County: 28 1,877,180 (±0.7 / ±60,066)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,912 ±229 Number of households
  • Fairfield County: 60,357 ±513
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (11,136  ±55) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Fairfield County: 2.7 160,231 (±0 / ±150)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.8% ±4.3% (244  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Fairfield County: 6% † 2,163 (±0.9% / ±337)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,115 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Fairfield County: 64,036 ±99
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$279,400 ±$18,950 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Fairfield County: $298,800 ±$5,981
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±3.5% (1,169  ±380.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fairfield County: 9.6% 15,555 (±0.9% / ±1,498.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±8% (6,304  ±615.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fairfield County: 94% 104,640 (±2% / ±2,273.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.9% ±5.3% (2,174  ±375) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fairfield County: 32.3% 35,941 (±1.2% / ±1,353)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

20.6% ±3.8% (2,302  ±426) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Fairfield County: 4.3% 7,023
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±1.3% (283  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Fairfield County: 7.3% 9,079 (±0.5% / ±671)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
283 Total veterans ±100 264 Male ±102 19 Female ±27

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