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Columbus, OH

907,310 Population
220.1 square miles 4,122 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,392 ±$836 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $38,693 ±$722
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $35,119 ±$262
$58,202 ±$1,999 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $71,839 ±$1,250
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $62,262 ±$456

17.7% ±1.3% (156,839  ±11,060) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 12.2% 255,744 (±0.6% / ±13,231)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 13.4% 1,536,524 (±0.3% / ±35,311)

22 minutes ±0.2 (9,165,470  ±140,683) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 24.1 22,651,016 (±0.2 / ±228,861)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.7 120,663,910 (±0.1 / ±518,391)

Families

390,605 ±5,416 Number of households
  • the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 856,193 ±4,624
  • Ohio: 4,832,922 ±10,937
2.3 ±0 (884,642  ±5,370) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 2.5 2,101,746 (±0 / ±4,013)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,478,657 (±0)

5.8% ±1.1% (14,458  ±2,687) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 5.2% † 27,577 (±0.7% / ±3,709)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.1% 135,627 (±0.2% / ±6,476)

Housing

422,120 ±4,966 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 915,117 ±1,629
  • Ohio: 5,269,498 ±445

$219,200 ±$4,906 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $254,700 ±$3,687
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $180,200 ±$1,323

21% ±1.5% (188,163  ±13,217.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 14.9% 317,343 (±0.7% / ±15,792.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 12.5% 1,451,153 (±0.3% / ±31,971.4)

Social

90.8% ±2.1% (549,983  ±13,774.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 92.4% 1,342,697 (±1.4% / ±19,669.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.7% 7,447,659 (±0.5% / ±41,300.1)
38.4% ±1.5% (232,829  ±9,159.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 39% 566,704 (±0.9% / ±12,868.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 30.7% 2,493,910 (±0.3% / ±24,750.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

15.1% ±1% (136,747  ±8,966) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 9.6% 205,552 (±0.4% / ±7,572)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 5% 584,839 (±0.1% / ±13,532)

5.1% ±0.5% (36,560  ±3,369) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 6.2% 101,414 (±0.4% / ±5,780)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 621,890 (±0.1% / ±11,415)
36,560 Total veterans ±3,369 33,356 Male ±3,182 3,204 Female ±1,026

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