The median home value in Columbus, IN is $282,968 as of 2026-06-30, up 2.88% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$282,968
Year-over-Year
+2.88%
Population
51,867
Columbus ranks #37 of 87 Indiana cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 4.8% above the state's city median of $270,079. It sits in Bartholomew County, where the county-wide median is $278,579.
Columbus police recorded a violent crime rate of 14 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 83 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Columbus is $282,968. That's up 2.88% from a year earlier. That is about 4.8% above the typical county in Indiana.
Homes in Columbus are more expensive than Bartholomew County as a whole, where the median is $278,579 — a difference of about 1.6%.
Columbus police reported 14 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 51,867. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.