Columbus city, OH (Ohio) has about 914,802 residents. Workers there whose highest education is a bachelor's degree earn a median of $63,857 a year, about 70% more than workers with a high school diploma ($37,569) (Census Bureau, 2020-2024, everyone 25 and over with earnings). Median rent is $1,295 a month. Places are listed alphabetically or by number; MajorPays does not rank places.
Pay by education level
Bachelor's premium
+70%
Bachelor's pay over high school pay
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
38%
Ages 25 and over
Median household income
$66,082
Census ACS 2020-2024
Housing and cost
Median rent
$1,295/mo
Gross rent, ACS 2020-2024
Median home value
$252,900
Owner-occupied homes
Rent as a share of bachelor's pay
24%
A year of median rent over median bachelor's earnings
Renters paying 30%+ of income
47%
Renter households
Work and people
Unemployment, bachelor's degree or higher
2.5%
Ages 25-64, ACS 2020-2024
Unemployment, high school diploma
6.8%
Ages 25-64, ACS 2020-2024
Commutes of 45 minutes or more
6%
Share of workers
Median age
33.2
Years
Households with broadband
94%
Any broadband subscription
People without health insurance
10.3%
All ages, ACS 2020-2024
Homeownership rate
44%
Occupied homes that are owner-occupied
Residents enrolled in college
9.1%
College or graduate school, age 3 and over
Workers who work from home
18.3%
Workers 16 and over
Veterans among adults
4.8%
Civilian adults 18 and over
Poverty rate
18.1%
Share of people below the poverty level, ACS 2020-2024
Colleges in Columbus
The federal directory lists 22 colleges with a campus here, in alphabetical order; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.
| College | Type | Level | Students, fall 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academia Medical Institute | Private for-profit | Less than 2-year | 466 |
| Adult and Community Education-Hudson | Public | Less than 2-year | 67 |
| American Institute of Alternative Medicine | Private for-profit | 4-year or above | 251 |
| Aveda Institute-Columbus | Private for-profit | Less than 2-year | 290 |
| Capital University | Private nonprofit | 4-year or above | 2,263 |
| Chamberlain University-Ohio | Private for-profit | 4-year or above | 257 |
| Columbus College of Art & Design | Private nonprofit | 4-year or above | 916 |
| Columbus State Community College | Public | 4-year or above | 28,081 |
| DeVry University-Ohio | Private for-profit | 4-year or above | 211 |
| Felbry College | Private for-profit | 4-year or above | 192 |
| Franklin University | Private nonprofit | 4-year or above | 9,457 |
| Hondros College of Nursing | Private for-profit | 2-year | 3,857 |
| Mason Anthony School of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences | Private for-profit | 2-year | 251 |
| Mount Carmel College of Nursing | Private nonprofit | 4-year or above | 670 |
| MyComputerCareer at Columbus | Private for-profit | 2-year | 821 |
| Ohio Dominican University | Private nonprofit | 4-year or above | 1,209 |
| Ohio Media School-Columbus | Private for-profit | Less than 2-year | 43 |
| Ohio State College of Barber Styling | Private for-profit | 2-year | 406 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Public | 4-year or above | 61,443 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Columbus | Private for-profit | Less than 2-year | 200 |
| Pontifical College Josephinum | Private nonprofit | 4-year or above | 88 |
| The Spa School | Private for-profit | 2-year | 111 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, city of the campus, matched to the Census place by name) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A student count is the size of a college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.
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Sources: pay by education, income, rent, home value, rent burden, commute times, median age, broadband, health insurance, home ownership, poverty, college enrollment, working from home and veterans from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (Tables B20004, B15003, B19013, B25064, B25077, B25070, B08303, B01002, B28002, B27010, B25003, B17001, B14001, B08301, B21001 and B23006; earnings are published medians for everyone 25 and over with earnings, so they include part-time workers and run lower than full-time figures; median earnings, income, rent and home values are shown only when their margin of error is at most 20%; shares such as rent burden, commutes and broadband are shown only when their margin of error is at most 7 percentage points, and median age only when its margin is at most 20%, and unemployment rates by education level only when their margin of error is at most 2.5 percentage points, so small areas often show none; rent as a share of bachelor's pay is MajorPays' calculation). Cities and towns are Census places, which include some unincorporated communities (census designated places). MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; none of these agencies has approved or endorsed this presentation. Figures describe an area as a whole, not any person in it. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.