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Columbus Districts
Data & methodology

How the districts are changing

Columbus Districts tracks each district across American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year vintages, so you can see change over time — not just a single snapshot. Two vintages are loaded today; a new one is added each December as the Census Bureau releases it.

ACS 2017–2021 · baseline ACS 2019–2023 · current ACS 2020–2024 · expected Dec 2026

Median household income

Change from the ACS 2017–2021 baseline to the current ACS 2019–2023 estimate, by district
District 1
11%
District 2
11%
District 3
8%
District 4
21%
District 5
8%
District 6
14%
District 7
14%
District 8
12%
District 9
15%
$45,044$94,855
ACS 2017–2021 ACS 2019–2023Each row is a district; the line shows the change

Median home value

Change from the ACS 2017–2021 baseline to the current ACS 2019–2023 estimate, by district
District 1
27%
District 2
24%
District 3
24%
District 4
32%
District 5
29%
District 6
32%
District 7
40%
District 8
40%
District 9
35%
$117,412$352,486
ACS 2017–2021 ACS 2019–2023Each row is a district; the line shows the change

Population, rent & unemployment

Current value with change since the prior vintage. Scroll sideways for all nine districts.

Metric (ACS 2019–2023, change since ACS 2017–2021) D1D2D3D4D5D6D7D8D9
Population 100,490 +1%99,417 +3%95,375 −1%101,341 −1%104,633 +1%98,849 +1%98,898 +2%100,872 +0%102,653 +1%
Median rent $1,391 +14%$1,469 +15%$1,250 +12%$1,104 +17%$1,330 +16%$1,240 +22%$1,277 +19%$1,123 +17%$1,347 +24%
Unemployment 4.4% −0.12.9% +0.14.9% −0.38.9% −0.53.9% −0.16.1% −0.14.6% −0.47.3% −0.13.4% −1.2
Methodology

How to read these figures

About the ACS 5-year estimates

The American Community Survey 5-year estimate is a rolling average over five years of surveys, not a single-year count. It's the most reliable Census source for areas the size of a council district, but because it's an average, it lags fast-moving change by a couple of years.

Why district figures are aggregated

Council districts don't line up with Census geographies, so every district figure here is built up from census block groups assigned to that district. Median income, rent, and home value are population-weighted averages of block-group medians — close approximations, not true district medians. Treat them as directional and comparative rather than exact.

ACS vs. Esri current-year estimates

Where available, each district page also shows Esri's current-year estimate for comparison. Esri projects forward from the 2020 Census using building permits and migration data, so in fast-growing districts it can run ahead of the backward-looking ACS average. Neither is "wrong" — they answer slightly different questions.

Corrected in the latest refresh. District 2's aggregated population and District 3's Asian-population count near the OSU campus — previously distorted by a hand-built block crosswalk — have been re-derived by assigning census block groups to districts against the official CivicWorth 2023 council polygons, weighted by 2020-Census block population. The result is validated against the official 2020 count within ~1% for every district.

Sources & corrections

Demographics: U.S. Census Bureau ACS via CivicWorth. Boundaries: official City of Columbus 2023 council map. Found an error? Every district page has a “Suggest an edit” form, and corrections are made quickly.