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Columbus, OH Urban Area

1,578,153 Population
516.2 square miles 3,057.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,292 ±$864 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$76,669 ±$1,472 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.6% ±0.9% (209,547  ±13,448) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.9 minutes ±0.4 (14,805,525  ±346,980) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

652,830 ±3,714 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (1,544,568  ±7,060) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±0.7% (20,834  ±2,979) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

696,913 ±2,772 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$327,000 ±$4,897 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16.2% ±0.9% (252,082  ±13,628.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

92.1% ±1.5% (977,446  ±15,992.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
45.5% ±1% (482,970  ±10,268) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

16.6% ±1.1% (244,776  ±15,518.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

13.1% ±0.7% (205,902  ±10,550) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.1% ±0.3% (61,123  ±4,163) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
61,123 Total veterans ±4,163 54,423 Male ±3,938 6,700 Female ±1,692

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