A city of 914,802, settled in 1812. Home to 183 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Columbus does most differently from other towns.
1854 · State Street school18 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 183 places on the National Register.
c. 1865
View of the state institution for the deaf and dumb in Columbus
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Ordered by what stands out in Columbus. Another town gets a different order.
The typical Columbus home is worth about $247,000, down 1% in a year, close to the Ohio typical home.
141 miles of trails across 290 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Blendon Woods Metro Park | 6.7 mi | 660 |
| 2. Franklin Park | 5.3 mi | 83 |
| 3. Three Creeks Metro Park | 5 mi | 1,151 |
52% of Columbus’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Dublin (4%), Westerville (3%) and Grove City (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.
Columbus beats the Ohio average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10.
| What stands out | Columbus | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.7% | 8.7% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.3% | 7.1% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.9% | 8.3% |
Columbus reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 85% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 44%.
The public schools Columbus’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Schools Columbus | K–8 | 838 | C |
| Horizon Science Academy Elementary School | K–5 | 774 | C− |
| Focus Learning Academy of Northern Columbus | K–8 | 721 | D |
| Indianola Informal K-8 School | K–8 | 721 | B− |
| Bolton Crossing Elementary | PK–4 | 717 | C+ |
| Great Western Academy | K–8 | 694 | D |
Columbus has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 21°, and about 28 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 33% of U.S. communities.
12 colleges in town.
183 places in Columbus on the National Register of Historic Places.
29 notable people were born in Columbus.
Capital and most populous city of Ohio, United States
Columbus ( kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a population of 905,748 at the 2020 census, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., second-most populous city in the Midwest (after Chicago), and third-most populous U.S. state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas). The Columbus metropolitan area, with an estimated 2.23 million residents, is the largest metropolitan area entirely in Ohio and 32nd-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County; it also extends into Delaware and Fairfield counties. Columbus originated as several Native American settlements along the Scioto River. The first Eur…
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10 towns share a border with Columbus.
