Housing in Columbus

A typical Columbus home is worth roughly $156,000

Typical home value

$156K

PA $290K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,050

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,859

PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Columbus?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

Your money goes further46% below the Pennsylvania typical home.A town of owners91% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$273,000

Typical Columbus home $156K

That covers a typical Columbus home, with $117K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$970

Loan $770Tax $150Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $80 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Spring Creek$190K Freehold$99K Wayne$170K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Columbus’s typical property tax (1.19% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

91% of Columbus households own their home

Half of Columbus’s homes were built before 1959.

Owners and renters

Own 91%Rent 9%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1959

typical home built · PA 1965

$1,859

median property tax bill · PA $3,311

1.19%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050

Renters already here pay a median of $694, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$820

1 bedroom$860

2 bedrooms$1,050

3 bedrooms$1,370

4 bedrooms$1,460

of households rent · PA 31%

renter households

17%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · PA 48%

17%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$694

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Warren County, PA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Columbus vs. its neighbors

Columbus is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Spring Creek$190K Wayne$170K Columbus$156K Freehold$99K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Columbus	$156K*	—	$1,050	—	$73,417
Spring Creek	$190K*	—	$1,050	0	$60,000
Freehold	$99K*	—	$1,010	0	$57,279
Wayne	$170K*	+9.3%†	$1,090	0	$73,281

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

On the market in Columbus

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

156 E Main Stzillow.com · Aug 5 ↗

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.