Columbus vs Hilliard

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

Columbus and Hilliard 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 36,560 in Hilliard). Hilliard has the higher median household income ($122,864 vs $65,327 in Columbus). Hilliard has the higher median home value ($360,000 vs $234,500 in Columbus).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Hilliard
Population	906,480	36,560
Median age	33.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,327	$122,864
Median home value	$234,500	$360,000
Median gross rent	$1,224	$1,590
Housing units	420,068	14,254
Homeownership rate	44.3%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Hilliard
Population	878,553 → 906,480 (+3.2%)	36,411 → 36,560 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$53,745 → $65,327 (+21.5%)	$96,959 → $122,864 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $234,500 (+54.7%)	$254,700 → $360,000 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,224 (+27.4%)	$1,164 → $1,590 (+36.6%)

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

Hilliard

Population

36,41136,560

Median household income

$96,959$122,864

Median home value

$254,700$360,000

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Hilliard
Under 5	6.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	21.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	20.3%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.2%
75 and over	4.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Hilliard
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	79.1%
Black or African American	28.8%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Hilliard
No high school diploma	10.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Hilliard
Drove alone	70.1%	73.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.3%
Walked	2.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.1%	21.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Hilliard
1-unit, detached	45.0%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	19.3%	7.6%
20 or more units	11.8%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Hilliard
Poverty rate	17.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1980	1997