Home values, rents and more in the Columbus metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Columbus metro compares
The typical home in the Columbus metro area is worth about $327,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Columbus metro are 33% above the typical value in Ohio ($246,000) and 11% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Columbus metro rose 1.3%, compared with +3.2% in Ohio and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,525 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% above Ohio ($1,402) and 21% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $81,945, against $71,389 in Ohio and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 2,242,028 people live in the Columbus metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Columbus metro has the 280th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the highest of 41 in Ohio with Zillow figures.
Part of: Ohio
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Columbus metro
Cities in the Columbus metro
- Columbus, OH $243,000
- Newark, OH $247,000
- Dublin, OH $559,000
- Delaware, OH $413,000
- Grove City, OH $330,000
- Lancaster, OH $276,000
- Reynoldsburg, OH $293,000
- Westerville, OH $446,000
- Hilliard, OH $381,000
- Upper Arlington, OH $636,000
- Gahanna, OH $373,000
- Marysville, OH $369,000
- Pickerington, OH $418,000
- Whitehall, OH $198,000
- Pataskala, OH $389,000
- Worthington, OH $481,000
- Powell, OH $570,000
- Circleville, OH $292,000
- Bexley, OH $576,000
- New Albany, OH $628,000
- Heath, OH $309,000
- London, OH $288,000
- Canal Winchester, OH $412,000
- Blacklick Estates, OH $208,000
- Sunbury, OH $491,000
- Obetz, OH $272,000
- Logan, OH $267,000
- Granville, OH $521,000
- Groveport, OH $309,000
- Johnstown, OH $449,000
- Ashville, OH $360,000
- Lake Darby, OH $302,000
- New Lexington, OH $189,000
- West Jefferson, OH $267,000
- Huber Ridge, OH $283,000
- Plain City, OH $541,000
- Mount Gilead, OH $264,000
- South Bloomfield, OH $350,000
- Commercial Point, OH $419,000
- Baltimore, OH $397,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.