City safety & data profile

ColumbusOH

Columbus, OH is a 913K-resident city in Franklin County with a median household income of $66,082.

Franklin County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Columbus, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Columbus has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $252,900, and 11 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

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Data updated 2026-09-03

913K
Population (place): Top 1%
By size: $66,082
Median income (place): $252,900
Median home (place): 18.1%
Poverty rate (place)

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The read on Columbus

Columbus posts a median household income higher than 31% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 11 hospitals serve the Columbus area.

Bottom 32%
by median income, US cities: 11
hospitals in & near Columbus

Where Columbus income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$66,082 Bottom 31% higher than 31% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Columbus

913,175
Cleveland

365,379
Cincinnati

311,097
Toledo

265,638
Akron

197,542
Dayton

135,512
Parma

79,937
Canton

71,885
Youngstown

64,628
Lorain

63,647

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Powell

$195,495
Hudson

$171,427
Dublin

$160,296
Bexley

$157,841
Upper Arling…

$155,167
Montgomery

$150,995
Solon

$139,089
Avon

$135,915
Brecksville

$135,000
Bay Village

$132,254

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

The quick read

Reading Columbus, OH beyond the headline numbers

Columbus sits inside Franklin County, Ohio, at roughly 39.96°N, -83.00°W. Population 913,175, $66,082 median household income. Median home value $252,900, median rent $1,295. Poverty rate 18.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

11 hospitals in/around Columbus, 3/5 avg rating, 5 with an ER.

18.1% of Columbus, OH residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Columbus costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

18.3% of Columbus workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.7% in Columbus, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Columbus's median age is 33.2 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Columbus from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)

913,175

Columbus · Census Place

Median Income (place)

$66,082

-26% vs avg

Median Home Value (place)

$252,900

-39% vs avg

Median Age (place)

33.2

years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Franklin County): Columbus's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024

Population

1.3M+13%

Median Income

$75,176+48%

Median Home Value

$288,400+91%

Poverty Rate

14.7%-19%

Unemployment

4.6%-47%

Economics

Economics indicators for Columbus, OH
Indicator	Value
Median Rent	$1,295/mo
Poverty Rate	18.1% +46% vs avg
Unemployment	5.1%
Bachelor's Degree+	38.2%
Work From Home	18.3%
Public Transit	1.9%

Population

White 51.7%

African American 29.3%

Asian 6%

Two or More Ethnicities 4.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration

38.7%

Obesity

34.7%

High Blood Pressure

31.8%

Physical Inactivity

25.5%

Frequent Mental Distress

19.8%

Binge Drinking

18.1%

Current Smoking

15.2%

Frequent Physical Distress

13.3%

Diabetes

11.8%

Current Asthma

11.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.9%

Annual Checkup 78.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance

9.7%

Coronary Heart Disease

5.3%

Stroke

3.2%

Hospitals 11 total

Rating Distribution

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Average Rating

3/5

Total Hospitals

With ER

RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL