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Columbus, OH

908,372 Population
220.4 square miles 4,121.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,434 ±$871 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $42,395 ±$692
  • a little less than the amount in Ohio: $37,932 ±$269
$61,727 ±$1,854 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $75,777 ±$1,639
  • a little less than the amount in Ohio: $65,720 ±$618

18.1% ±1.4% (160,285  ±12,689) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 12.4% 262,328 (±0.7% / ±15,552)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 13.4% 1,540,922 (±0.3% / ±37,806)

22 minutes ±0.2 (8,983,680  ±136,899) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 24 22,132,656 (±0.2 / ±220,809)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 118,947,336 (±0.1 / ±595,911)

Families

392,041 ±4,867 Number of households
  • the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 864,711 ±4,583
  • Ohio: 4,878,206 ±13,413
2.3 ±0 (884,498  ±3,352) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 2.4 2,112,041 (±0 / ±683)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,472,112

5.6% ±1.1% (14,009  ±2,678) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 5.7% † 30,139 (±0.7% / ±3,480)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 144,549 (±0.3% / ±7,036)

Housing

429,289 ±4,410 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 926,137 ±368
  • Ohio: 5,293,227 ±374

$248,900 ±$6,155 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $289,200 ±$3,842
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $204,100 ±$1,844

20.7% ±1.3% (185,678  ±11,214) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 14.6% 312,493 (±0.7% / ±14,509.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 12.2% 1,413,503 (±0.3% / ±31,643.2)

Social

89.9% ±1.9% (547,376  ±12,592.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 92.1% 1,349,323 (±1.2% / ±17,948.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,460,496 (±0.5% / ±41,701.2)
38.5% ±1.3% (234,294  ±8,166.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 40% 585,776 (±0.8% / ±11,906.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 32% 2,600,379 (±0.3% / ±25,115.3)

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

14.8% ±0.9% (133,967  ±8,569) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 9.8% 211,452
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 5% 585,938

4.7% ±0.5% (33,578  ±3,300) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 6% 100,220 (±0.3% / ±5,087)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 602,318 (±0.1% / ±12,581)
33,578 Total veterans ±3,300 29,611 Male ±2,927 3,967 Female ±1,165

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