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Gahanna, OH

35,486 Population
12.4 square miles 2,854.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$54,374 ±$3,709 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $44,770 ±$370
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
$109,061 ±$6,421 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $81,945 ±$776
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321

5.6% ±1.8% (1,960  ±619) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 12.3% 260,120 (±0.3% / ±6,844)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)

20.4 minutes ±0.8 (280,755  ±19,020) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 23.6 21,045,524 (±0.2 / ±215,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)

Families

14,254 ±490 Number of households
  • the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 864,663 ±2,165
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
2.5 ±0.1 (35,245  ±36) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 2.5 2,126,387 (±0 / ±625)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651

5.6% ±2.1% (479  ±180) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 5.4% 28,677 (±0.3% / ±1,483)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)

Housing

14,673 ±525 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 926,466 ±398
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464

$350,900 ±$11,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $300,800 ±$2,290
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742

7.1% ±1.5% (2,485  ±515.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 14.3% 307,565 (±0.3% / ±7,160)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)

Social

96.5% ±4% (23,814  ±1,188.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 92.2% 1,358,942 (±0.6% / ±9,028.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
51.7% ±3% (12,759  ±815) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 39.8% 586,713 (±0.4% / ±6,322.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)

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

6.3% ±1.6% (2,218  ±570) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 10% 217,546
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102

5.9% ±1.3% (1,565  ±340) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 5.9% 97,619 (±0.2% / ±2,856)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
1,565 Total veterans ±340 1,209 Male ±235 356 Female ±246

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