A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Columbus$1,570/mo

Typical home $247K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $1,295/mo · Housing →

Lockbourne$1,910/mo

Typical home $306K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.18% · or rent about $1,188/mo · Housing →

The difference: $340 a month, about $4,100 a year, between Lockbourne and Columbus.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Columbus and Lockbourne share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

ColumbusLockbourne

Columbus ↔ Lockbourne12 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

55 Lockbourne residents work in Columbus (47.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in Lockbourne →

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Ohio ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C−ColumbusSafer than 15% of U.S. towns –LockbourneNot graded

Schools

C−ColumbusBetter than 24% of districts in the state –LockbourneNot graded

Health

B−ColumbusHealthier than 47% of U.S. towns –LockbourneNot graded

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

ColumbusLockbourne

Snow a year28″28″

January low22°F 22°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)191d 191d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)33rd 7th

Outdoors & history

ColumbusLockbourne

Trails141 mi 0 mi

Conserved land8.5%1.9%

Settled1812 —

National Register places183 —

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here29 —

Community

ColumbusLockbourne

Library hours a week70 hrs —

Colleges in town12 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Ohio average

ColumbusLockbourne

People

Population 914,802Highest 165Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +15.1% OH: +2.3% —

Median age 33.2±0.1Lowest 16% below OH 47.5±14.3Highest 20% above OH

Lockbourne and Columbus are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 22%±0.4Lowest OH: 22% 24.2%±9.8Highest OH: 22%

Lockbourne and Columbus are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 11.3%±0.3Lowest OH: 18.3% 17.6%±13.8Highest OH: 18.3%

Lockbourne and Columbus are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 38.2%Highest OH: 31.5% 5.1%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.7%±0.3Highest OH: 5.6% 1.2%±8.1Lowest OH: 5.6%

Columbus and Lockbourne are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,082±$974Highest 7% below OH $61,250±$22kLowest 14% below OH

Columbus and Lockbourne are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $252,900±$3kHighest 18% above OH $162,500±$60kLowest 24% below OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,295±$10Highest 25% above OH $1,188±$227Lowest 15% above OH

Columbus and Lockbourne are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,341Highest 18% above OH $1,917Lowest 32% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46.6%±1.1Lowest OH: 45.9% 63.6%±100Highest OH: 45.9%

Lockbourne and Columbus are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 18.1%Highest OH: 13.3% 7.9%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 44.1%Lowest OH: 67.2% 81.5%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1980Highest 10 yrs newer than OH 1950Lowest 20 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 8% below OH 35 minHighest 48% above OH

Work from home 18.3%±0.6Highest OH: 13% 10.3%±14.6Lowest OH: 13%

Columbus and Lockbourne are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 52.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 12.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.31Highest 0.50Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Dublin (4%)Columbus (48%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lockbourne48% work in Columbus

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.5%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 141.0 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 290Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 83.2Highest 20.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #585 of 624 in OH—

School district Horizon Science Academy Columbus · Graham School The—

High school in town Worthington Kilbourne High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 17.8 —

Ohio average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Columbus vs Lockbourne

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $340 more a month in Lockbourne

Columbus and Lockbourne share a border

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