Columbus vs Dublin

A side-by-side comparison of Columbus and Dublin: population, income, housing, and more.

Columbus and Dublin are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Columbus has the higher population (906,480 vs 49,031 in Dublin). Dublin has the higher median household income ($155,282 vs $65,327 in Columbus). Dublin has the higher median home value ($514,900 vs $234,500 in Columbus).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Dublin
Population	906,480	49,031
Median age	33.0 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,327	$155,282
Median home value	$234,500	$514,900
Median gross rent	$1,224	$1,596
Housing units	420,068	18,422
Homeownership rate	44.3%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	73.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Dublin
Population	878,553 → 906,480 (+3.2%)	46,499 → 49,031 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$53,745 → $65,327 (+21.5%)	$137,867 → $155,282 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $234,500 (+54.7%)	$377,500 → $514,900 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,224 (+27.4%)	$1,379 → $1,596 (+15.7%)

Columbus

Population

878,553906,480

Median household income

$53,745$65,327

Median home value

$151,600$234,500

Median gross rent

$961$1,224

Dublin

Population

46,49949,031

Median household income

$137,867$155,282

Median home value

$377,500$514,900

Median gross rent

$1,379$1,596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Dublin
Under 5	6.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	22.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	20.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	18.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.7%
75 and over	4.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Dublin
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	71.1%
Black or African American	28.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	20.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Dublin
No high school diploma	10.2%	3.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	35.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Dublin
Drove alone	70.1%	67.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.6%
Public transit	2.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	26.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Dublin
1-unit, detached	45.0%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	19.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	11.8%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Dublin
Poverty rate	17.8%	2.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1980	1996