Columbus vs Westerville

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

Columbus and Westerville 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 38,543 in Westerville). Westerville has the higher median household income ($107,054 vs $65,327 in Columbus). Westerville has the higher median home value ($343,200 vs $234,500 in Columbus).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Westerville
Population	906,480	38,543
Median age	33.0 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,327	$107,054
Median home value	$234,500	$343,200
Median gross rent	$1,224	$1,409
Housing units	420,068	15,878
Homeownership rate	44.3%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Westerville
Population	878,553 → 906,480 (+3.2%)	39,877 → 38,543 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$53,745 → $65,327 (+21.5%)	$93,717 → $107,054 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $234,500 (+54.7%)	$237,300 → $343,200 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,224 (+27.4%)	$1,102 → $1,409 (+27.9%)

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

Westerville

Population

39,87738,543

Median household income

$93,717$107,054

Median home value

$237,300$343,200

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Westerville
Under 5	6.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	20.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	12.9%
75 and over	4.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Westerville
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	81.5%
Black or African American	28.8%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Westerville
No high school diploma	10.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	25.2%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Westerville
Drove alone	70.1%	67.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	3.0%
Public transit	2.1%	0.3%
Walked	2.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.1%	25.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Westerville
1-unit, detached	45.0%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	19.3%	6.6%
20 or more units	11.8%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Westerville
Poverty rate	17.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1980	1982