Columbus has a rapidly-growing immigrant population, with nearly 13% of the total population being foreign-born in 2020. But where exactly are these immigrant coming from, and where are they settling down in Columbus and Franklin County? To answer these questions, I visited the US Census and made this immigrant place of birth map from the raw data.
Click on any census tract to see the total immigrant population in 2020, a percentage breakdown by continent of origin and the top 5 nations of origin for each tract.
From the map, we can see that the Northwest and Northeast parts of Columbus and Franklin County are dominated by immigrants of Asian origin. Hilltop, Linden and parts of the Southeast are much more North American in origin, with the 161/Morse corridors and the Far East largely have African origins. There are relatively few South American or European dominated areas, but they do exist scattered about. Some common misconceptions are debunked, however. Hilltop through Lincoln Village has long been thought to be the hub of the Mexican immigrant population, but several Latin American nations have significant populations there, including Honduras, El Salvador and Colombia. Many Mexicans seem to be settling in the Linden area now, instead. Meanwhile, Somalia is often considered as the origin of many immigrants in the Morse/161 corridors, and while that population does exist there, these corridors are far more diverse than common thinking.
2020 census tract maps are currently available for all sorts of other demographic and population data. This information in tract format is generally available for Columbus going back to 1930.
For the Housing Market Update July 2022, it seems that whatever minor signs of a market slowdown all but disappeared in July, with strong price increases and shrinking supply almost across the board. All data comes from Columbus Realtors.
Note: LSD= Local School District, CSD= City School District. In both cases, school district boundaries differ from city boundaries.
Top 15 Most Expensive Locations By Median Sales Price in July 2022 1. New Albany: $1,001,000 2. New Albany Plain LSD: $836,500 3. German Village: $590,000 4. Powell: $582,500 5. Dublin: $557,000 6. Grandview Heights: $544,500 7. Bexley: $520,000 8. Worthington: $512,000 9. Dublin CSD: $510,000 10. Olentangy LSD: $500,000 11. Big Walnut LSD: $499,990 12. Upper Arlington CSD: $494,950 13. Granville LSD: $471,000 14. Buckeye Valley LSD: $460,000 15. Pickerington: $455,900 New Albany finally blew past the 1 million mark in July, almost 2x the next set of most expensive markets.
Top 15 Least Expensive Locations by Median Sales Price in July 2022 1. Valleyview: $163,000 2. Hamilton LSD: $184,500 3. Newark CSD: $200,000 4. Circleville CSD: $205,000 5. Lancaster CSD: $219,000 6. Miami Trace LSD: $234,900 7. Groveport Madison LSD: $240,000 8. Columbus CSD: $246,000 9. Jefferson LSD: $253,500 10. South Western CSD: $260,500 11. London CSD: $264,000 12. Columbus: $275,000 13. Grove City: $288,000 14. Reynoldsburg CSD: $297,500 15. Northridge LSD: $300,000 Only 2 metro markets remain below $200,000.
Overall Market Median Sales Price in July: $317,880 Based on the 10 Columbus Metro Area counties. This price was slightly lower than in May.
Top 15 Locations with the Highest Median Sales Price % Growth Between July 2021 and July 2022 1. Miami Trace LSD: +60.9% 2. Obetz: +36.8% 3. New Albany: +31.3% 4. Newark CSD: +31.1% 5. Pickerington: +29.0% 6. Teays Valley LSD: +26.4% 7. New Albany Plain LSD: +25.8% 8. Powell: +25.3% 9. Delaware CSD: +23.9% 10. German Village: +23.8% 11. Circleville CSD: +23.1% 12. Worthington: +22.8% 13. Westerville: +21.9% 14. Jefferson LSD: +21.9% 15. Marysville CSD: +20.2% 16. Canal Winchester CSD: +19.1%
Top 15 Locations with the Lowest Median Sales Price % Growth Between July 2021 and July 2022 1. Bexley: -15.4% 2. Short North: -13.0% 3. Northridge LSD: -9.5% 4. Hamilton LSD: -5.8% 5. Valleyview: -5.8% 6. Grove City: -2.3% 7. Sunbury: -0.6% 8. London CSD: +0.3% 9. Upper Arlington CSD: +0.5% 10. Buckeye Valley LSD: +2.2% 11. Columbus CSD: +4.75 12. Dublin: +5.1% 13. Downtown: +5.2% 14. Jonathan Alder LSD: +6.1% 15. South Western CSD: +6.3% 16. Beechwold/Clintonville: +6.5% Downtown finally broke a string of negative months.
Overall Market Median Sales Price % Change July 2022 vs. July 2021:+13.1% Based on 53 metro market locations.
Top 10 Locations with the Most New Listings in July 2022 1. Columbus: 1,278 2. Columbus CSD: 854 3. Olentangy LSD: 204 4. South Western CSD: 181 5. Dublin CSD: 159 6. Westerville CSD: 158 7. Hilliard CSD: 155 8. Pickerington LSD: 109 9. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: 100 10. Newark CSD: 79
Top 10 Locations with the Fewest New Listings in July 2022 1. Valleyview: 0 2. Jefferson LSD: 3 3. Minerva Park: 6 4. Lithopolis: 6 5. Obetz: 6 6. Grandview Heights: 7 7. Northridge LSD: 9 8. Granville LSD: 9 9. Miami Trace LSD: 10 10. New Albany: 10 11. Jonathan Alder LSD: 13 12. Sunbury: 14 13. Germany Village: 15 14. Hamilton LSD: 16 15. Whitehall: 16
Total New Listings in the Columbus Metro in July 2022:+3,239 Overall Metro New Listings % Change July 2022 vs July 2021:-20.3% New listings fell strongly in July versus a year prior as the familiar story of demand far outpacing supply continued in the metro area.
Top 10 Fastest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in July 2022 1. Lithopolis: 3 2. Minerva Park: 4 3. Circleville CSD: 5 4. Gahanna: 6 5. Obetz: 6 6. Sunbury: 6 7. Canal Winchester CSD: 7 8. Hilliard: 7 9. Jonathan Alder LSD: 7 10. Pickerington: 7 11. Big Walnut LSD: 8 12. Dublin: 8 13. Hamilton LSD: 8 14. Hilliard CSD: 8 15. Newark CSD: 8 16. Northridge LSD: 8 17. Reynoldsburg CSD: 8 18. Upper Arlington CSD: 8 19. Valleyview: 8 20. Whitehall: 8 21. Worthington CSD: 8 22. Granville LSD: 9 23. Jefferson LSD: 9 24. Pickerington LSD: 9 25. New Albany LSD: 9 26. Powell: 9 27. Delaware CSD: 10 28. Lancaster CSD: 10 29. South Western CSD: 10 30. Westerville CSD: 10 31. Worthington: 10 32. Blacklick: 11 33. Columbus: 11 34. Dublin CSD: 11 35. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: 11 36. London CSD: 11 37. New Albany: 11 38. Beechwold/Clintonville: 12 39. Groveport Madison LSD: 12 Most local markets continue to have very low selling spread between them.
Top 10 Slowest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in July 2022 1. Short North: 48 2. German Village: 39 3. Downtown: 37 4. Teays Valley LSD: 35 5. Miami Trace LSD: 30 6. Grandview Heights: 19 7. Grove City: 16 8. Johnstown Monroe LSD: 16 9. Marysville CSD: 15 10. Pataskala: 15 11. Buckeye Valley LSD: 14 12. Columbus CSD: 14 13. Olentangy LSD: 14 14. Bexley: 13 15. Westerville: 13
Top 10 Locations with the Greatest % Decline of # of Days on the Market Before Sale July 2022 vs. July 2021 1. Big Walnut LSD: -63.6% 2. New Albany LSD: -57.1% 3. Buckeye Valley LSD: -53.3% 4. Dublin: -46.7% 5. New Albany: -45.0% 6. Minerva Park: -42.9% 7. Northridge LSD: -42.9% 8. Granville LSD: -40.0% 9. Circleville CSD: -37.5% 10. Hamilton LSD: -33.3% 11. Pickerington: -30.0%
Top 10 Locations with the Lowest % Decline of # of Days on the Market Before Sale July 2022 vs. July 2021 1. Teays Valley LSD: +600.0% 2. Johnstown Monroe LSD: +433.3% 3. German Village: +387.5% 4. Short North: +269.2% 5. Obetz: +200.0% 6. Valleyview: +166.7% 7. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: +120.0% 8. Grove City: +100.0% 9. Reynoldsburg CSD: +100.0% 10. Westerville: +85.7% 11. Blacklick: +83.3%
Total # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale Across the Metro Overall: 16.2 Overall Metro Days on Market % Change July 2022 vs July 2021: +45.9% Homes spent much longer on the market across the metro than they did the year before, but the pace was still relatively fast.
