Columbus, OH

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Columbus ranks

• #1 Greenest Cities of 22 cities · score 93.3
• #3 Best Cities for Healthcare Access of 22 cities · score 83.3
• #3 Best Cities for Nightlife of 22 cities · score 81.0
• #4 Best Cities for Arts & Culture of 22 cities · score 84.4
• #4 Best College Cities of 22 cities · score 77.4
• #4 Most Family-Friendly Cities of 22 cities · score 81.0
• #5 Best Cities for Food Lovers of 22 cities · score 74.3
• #6 Most Walkable Cities of 22 cities · score 69.5
• #8 Most Bike-Friendly Cities of 22 cities · score 66.7
• #15 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 66.1
• #27 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 64.0
• #32 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 69.7
• #36 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 59.3
• #39 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 55.1
• #55 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 43.2
• #60 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 40.4
• #60 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 37.9
• #60 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 44.1

Things to do in Columbus

Places mapped within 5 km of the city center. Use the layers control to show or hide categories.

• Parks 824

  15th Avenue Park, 4th Street Farms, Academy Park…

• Playgrounds 78

  Blackburn Playground, Funk-ee Town Playground, Linden Park Playground…

• Restaurants 315

  12th Avenue Bread Company, 2 Brothers Tacos, 4th & State…

• Cafes 113

  4th Street Study Center and Coffee Bar, 7 Brew, Bada Bean Bada Booze…

• Bars & pubs 155

  16 Bit Bar, Ace of Cups, Arcade SuperAwesome…

• Breweries 3

  Combustion Brewery & Taproom, Combustion Brewery & Taproom (Clintonville)…

• Museums 13

  Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, COSI, Central Ohio Fire Museum…

• Art galleries 7

  934 Gallery, Art of Republic, Banvard Gallery…

• Theaters & cinemas 42

  400 W Rich, 400 West Rich Arts Incubator, Art Outside the Lines…

• Libraries 21

  18th Avenue Library, Architecture Library, Biological Sciences and Pharmacy Library…

• Attractions 21

  Armintrout Fire Tower, Desert, Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse…

• Grocery stores 20

  ALDI, Aldi, Bexley Natural Market…

• Gyms & sports centers 66

  Alumni Hall, Arena District Fitness, Batting and Pitching Building…

• Hospitals & clinics 27

  Chalmers P. Wylie VA Behavioral Health Center, DaVita Dialysis, East Central Health Center…

• Colleges & universities 11

  Capital University, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus State Community College…

Local facts

Median household income

$65,327

Median rent

$1,224 / mo

Median home value

$234,500

Median age

33.0

Unemployment

5.1%

Bachelor's degree or higher

38.2%

Poverty rate

17.9%

Renter-occupied homes

55.7%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

235

Students enrolled

88,365

Students per teacher

16.8 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

56.8%

Charter schools

32.8%

School districts serving the city

89

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Districts: Columbus City Schools District, South-Western City, Worthington City, Hamilton Local, Groveport Madison Local

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

35.5%

No leisure-time physical activity

26.5%

Adults with diabetes

13.1%

Adults who smoke

15.8%

Frequent mental distress

18.9%

Sleeping under 7 hours

38.8%

Adults without health insurance

9.5%

Routine checkup in past year

79.9%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

71.3%

Share of city that is parkland

8.7%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

14.5

Median air quality index (county)

53

Unhealthy air days (county)

5

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

92.7%

Households with no internet

5.5%

Average commute

21.8 min

Work from home

16.1%

Commute by transit

2.1%

Commute on foot

2.6%

Commute by bike

0.4%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Franklin County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 3 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Cold wave: very high
• Heat wave: relatively high
• Riverine flooding: relatively high
• Hail: relatively high

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