Franklin County, Ohio

Franklin County has a population of 1,333,048 and has grown 2.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $288,400, about 3.8 times the county's median household income of $75,176.

Home price
$288,400
Income
$75,176
Population
1,333,048
Unemployment
4.6%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$288,400county
Median gross rent$1,302county
Median year homes here were built1979county
Share of homes built before 198051.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented47.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,510county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,430county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,194county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,715county
Home insurance / yr$2,118(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living94.3(statewide)
Median household income$75,176county
Family health premium / yr$22,618(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,071(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.907(statewide)
Poverty rate14.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home19.3%county
Unemployment rate4.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force69.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.6%county
Share of workers employed by government14.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.2%county
Economic output per resident$106,502county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.47%county
Top state income tax2.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.29%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time21.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service5.3 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport4387395county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here2county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station88 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.4%county
Traffic deaths13.9county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher42.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.2%county
Public schools in the county371county
Public school enrollment187398county
Students per full-time teacher17.8county
Free lunch eligible38.2%(statewide)
Elementary schools214county
Middle schools64county
High schools65county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above14county
Share of local colleges that are public19.0%county
Two-year institutions7county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians102county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county17county
Hospitals here with an emergency department11county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year15.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.3%county
Frequent mental distress18.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.8%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population1,333,048county
Land area in square miles532county
People per square mile of land2504.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores253county
Convenience stores210county
Share living far from a food store19.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract6.1%county
Population change since 2020+2.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents7county
Median age34.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.0%county
Share of households that are one person33.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States13.0%county
Second languages16.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls47.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents75county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-5county
Households that moved in33,069county
Households that moved away35,592county
Average income of arriving households$59,972county
Average income of departing households$76,030county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes18county
Housing units authorised in the latest year10,494county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings82.6%county
Violent crime rate294(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature53.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation39.4 incounty
Annual snowfall23.6 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.90 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F21 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing113 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days185 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 21county
Average first fall frostOct 23county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$146county
Electric utilities serving this county8county
Electricity price per kWh15.6¢county
Household electricity use910 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.46(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity30.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas66.9%county
Homes heated by propane1.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.3%county
Homes heated by wood0.1%county
Households with broadband94.1%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk98.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk57.6county
Landslide risk64.2county
Hail risk98.5county
Earthquake risk93.3county
Tornado risk98.4county
Tropical cyclone risk49.7county
Extreme heat risk98.9county
Winter weather risk96.3county
Strong wind risk96.0county
Wildfire risk29.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here1county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here1county
MLS soccer teams based here1county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Franklin County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Ohio figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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