The median home value in Columbus, OH is $251,291 as of 2026-06-30, down 0.9% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$251,291
Year-over-Year
-0.9%
Population
915,447
Columbus ranks #102 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 0.7% above the state's city median of $249,438. It sits in Franklin County, where the county-wide median is $301,340.
Columbus police recorded a violent crime rate of 435 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,653 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 $251,291. That's down 0.9% from a year earlier. That is about 0.7% above the typical county in Ohio.
Homes in Columbus are cheaper than Franklin County as a whole, where the median is $301,340 — a difference of about 16.6%.
Columbus police reported 435 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 915,447. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.