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Columbus, OH

909,074 Population
220.7 square miles 4,118.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.9 ±0.2

Economics

$36,424 ±$1,104 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $42,950 ±$724
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $39,395 ±$295
$62,350 ±$2,578 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $77,390 ±$1,550
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $67,769 ±$731

18.3% ±1.4% (161,506  ±12,375) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 12.4% 262,990 (±0.7% / ±15,462)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,527,904 (±0.3% / ±36,156)

21.8 minutes ±0.2 (8,709,540  ±133,038) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 23.9 21,645,150 (±0.2 / ±209,151)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

394,905 ±4,543 Number of households
  • the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 879,910 ±4,343
  • Ohio: 4,917,309 ±10,812
2.2 ±0 (883,710  ±3,301) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 2.4 2,128,151 (±0 / ±1,084)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.3 11,489,821

5% ±0.9% (12,620  ±2,355) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 5.4% † 28,911 (±0.6% / ±3,194)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,372 (±0.3% / ±7,594)

Housing

427,009 ±3,975 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 937,057 ±487
  • Ohio: 5,317,134 ±790

$265,800 ±$6,609 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $312,900 ±$4,412
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $220,200 ±$1,285

20.6% ±1.2% (184,473  ±10,462.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 14.4% 309,866 (±0.7% / ±14,845.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Ohio: 11.4% 1,329,235 (±0.3% / ±30,430.1)

Social

89.2% ±1.8% (537,989  ±12,264.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 92.3% 1,367,407 (±1.2% / ±17,707.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 91.9% 7,508,950 (±0.5% / ±41,800.5)
39.6% ±1.2% (238,658  ±7,778.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 40.3% 596,325 (±0.8% / ±11,078)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 32% 2,618,045 (±0.3% / ±24,734.6)

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

15.1% ±1.1% (137,191  ±9,768) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 10% 217,458
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 5.3% 621,863

4.7% ±0.5% (33,333  ±3,452) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 5.6% 93,022 (±0.3% / ±5,342)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 6.5% 594,535 (±0.1% / ±11,864)
33,333 Total veterans ±3,452 28,951 Male ±3,415 4,382 Female ±1,453

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