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Columbus city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Columbus city is a Census city of 914,802 people across 221.53 square miles of land, in Franklin County. Median household income is $66,082, 44.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1,882 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $616.6 m.
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Columbus
What Columbus is
- Census place typecity
- Land area221.53 sq mi
- Water area5.86 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,129
- County holding the largest share of its areaFranklin County, 97.8 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
How many people live in Columbus
- Population914,802
- Median age33.2
- Population under 18201,218
- Share under 1822.0 percent
- Population 65 and over103,532
- Share 65 and over11.3 percent
- Households390,528
- Family households202,235
- Share of households that are families51.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
Income and work in Columbus
- Median household income$66,082
- Per capita income$37,860
- Civilian labor force514,041
- Employed487,797
- Unemployed26,244
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over609,915
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
Housing in Columbus
- Housing units425,182
- Occupied units390,528
- Vacant units34,654
- Vacancy rate8.2 percent
- Owner occupied172,360
- Renter occupied218,168
- Ownership rate44.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$252,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,295
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.5 percent
- Single family units232,024
- Share single family54.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more189,600
- Share in buildings of two or more44.6 percent
- Mobile homes3,188
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
How Columbus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute390,334
- Commuting under 15 minutes99,594
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more87,905
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more22.5 percent
- Drove alone67.7 percent
- Carpooled7.8 percent
- Public transport1.9 percent
- Walked2.5 percent
- Worked from home18.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
SBA loans in Columbus (7(a))
- Approvals1,882
- Gross approval$616,574,700
- Average approval$327,617
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$760,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported21,003
- Jobs per approval11.2
- Loans with a final outcome384
- Paid in full337
- Charged off47
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans12.2 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.9 percent
- Share to franchises9.1 percent
- Distinct lenders96
- Distinct industries by NAICS332
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Columbus
SBA loans in Columbus (504)
- Approvals264
- Gross approval$165,771,000
- Average approval$627,920
- Median approval$399,000
- Largest approval$4,992,000
- Jobs supported2,009
- Loans with a final outcome92
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans3.3 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs7
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Columbus
Flood risk in Columbus
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390170
- Currently effective map date06/16/11
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Franklin County, not Columbus
Franklin County context, not Columbus figures
These are Franklin County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Columbus measurements.
- Establishments in Franklin County30,700
- Employment at those establishments, Franklin County695,387
- Covered employment, Franklin County779,560
- Average annual pay, Franklin County$73,180
- Average weekly wage, Franklin County$1,407
- Housing units permitted, Franklin County8,122
- Of those, single family, Franklin County2,013
- County product, 2024, Franklin County$141,972,302,000
- County product change over the prior year, Franklin County5.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Franklin County$66,058
Every figure in this section is published for Franklin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Columbus. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Columbus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Columbus, Ohio?
914,802, in 390,528 households. Columbus city covers 221.53 square miles of land, which is 4,129 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Columbus in?
Franklin County, which holds 97.8 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Columbus?
$66,082. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $252,900. Median gross rent is $1,295 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Columbus businesses?
1,882 7(a) approvals totalling $616.6 m, across 96 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 264 504 approvals worth $165.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Columbus, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Columbus borrowers get paid back?
Of the 384 loans that have reached a final outcome, 337 were paid in full and 47 charged off, a charge off rate of 12.2 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Columbus in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Columbus appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390170, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Columbus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Franklin County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Columbus.
Is zoning published for Columbus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.