The Columbus, OH metro has 2.2M residents (per 2024 ACS 5-year Estimates ), a 2024 median household income of $82K, median home value of $301K, median age of 37, and a 40% bachelor's-degree share among adults 25 and older. The analysis below clusters neighborhoods within the metro's urbanized areas, covering 1.4M of those 2.2M residents. The northwest suburbs of Dublin, Upper Arlington, and Powell lead on home values, incomes, and education, while East Columbus and the Whitehall area east of downtown sit at the bottom of all three.
Median home value
The top of the distribution is the Dublin area in the northwest at $561K — nearly double the metro figure — anchored by a community that hosts Cardinal Health and the Dublin City Schools. A second high-value pocket sits just south, labeled on the map as "West of Columbus" at $527K, with Upper Arlington close behind at $515K; both sit inside the I-270 loop on the west side and share the same garden-suburb planning lineage. The bottom is a tight ring of inner neighborhoods: East Columbus at $135K, a near-west area at $140K, and the Whitehall area east of downtown at $156K. The bulk of the metro outside these poles falls in the $200K–$350K band.
Median household income
Dublin again leads at $174K, more than twice the metro median. The next tier is a continuous arc of high-income neighborhoods north of the city — "East of Powell " at $161K, "North of Westerville" at $152K, and Upper Arlington at $143K — tracking the Olentangy corridor and the Olentangy / Dublin / Worthington school districts. At the bottom, two adjacent near-west tracts sit at $36K (the OSU-campus-anchored area west of downtown) and $44K, with East Columbus at $38K and an east-side cluster near Whitehall around $48K. The middle of the metro sits in the $60K–$100K range.
Median age
The oldest neighborhood is "North of Westerville" at 45, with a far-east area also at 45 and Dublin at 44. The youngest is the near-west area labeled "West Columbus" at 23 — the Ohio State University campus and the University District just north of downtown. A second young pocket sits southwest at 29, and the tier just outside the campus belt sits around 31. Most of the rest of the metro lands in the 34–38 range, close to the 37 metro median.
Adults with a bachelor's degree
Degree share peaks on the same northwest arc: "West of Columbus" at 78%, Upper Arlington at 76%, Dublin at 75%, and a second "West of Columbus" tract at 73% — all roughly double the metro's 40%. The bottom is on the inner east and south sides: East Columbus at 12%, "South of Columbus" at 14%, the Whitehall area at 14%, and a near-west tract at 15%. The Whitehall reading lines up with the city's profile as a working-class, diverse suburb where the 2020 census recorded a majority non-white population .
Where the metrics overlap
The same northwest arc — Dublin, Upper Arlington, Powell, and the tracts between them — sits at the top of home value, income, and bachelor's share simultaneously, and skews older. The two near-west tracts split: one is the campus belt (young, low income, mid education) while the other is genuinely low across home value, income, and education. East Columbus and the Whitehall area form the metro's consistent low-end pole, scoring at the bottom of value, income, and degree share together. The middle of the metro — Westerville, Worthington, Hilliard, Gahanna, Reynoldsburg, Pickerington — sits near the metro averages on every metric.
Key Takeaways
- Dublin tops every metric in the metro: $561K home value, $174K income, age 44, 75% with a bachelor's.
- The Dublin–Upper Arlington–Powell northwest arc is the single concentration of high value, high income, and high education.
- East Columbus and the Whitehall area are the consistent low-end pole, with home values near $135K–$156K, incomes of $38K–$48K, and bachelor's shares of 12%–14%.
- The OSU campus belt west of downtown pulls the youngest neighborhood reading to 23 and the lowest income to $36K, but does not pull degree share to the bottom.
- Most of the rest of the metro clusters near the CBSA averages: home values of $200K–$350K, incomes of $60K–$100K, ages 34–38.