Columbus Economy July 2022

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Columbus economy July 2022

For the Columbus economy July 2022 report, we find several local industries in record high territory, but with a metro labor force that is barely growing. The data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Overall Metro Area July 2022 and Change from July 2021
Labor Force: 1,136,345 +1,050
Employed: 1,093,966 +13,074
Unemployed: 42,379 -12,024
Unemployment Rate: 3.7% -1.1
Total Non-Farm Jobs: 1,126,200 +16,400
Numbers continued the trend of improvement year-over-year, but labor force growth remained relatively slow.

Overall Metro Area July 2022 and Change from February 2020 (Pre-Pandemic)
Labor Force: 1,136,345 +15,541
Employed: 1,093,966 +17,126
Unemployed: 42,379 -1,585
Unemployment Rate: 3.7% -0.2
Total Non-Farm Jobs: 1,126,200 +14,800
The overall metro area remained better in July than the last month prior to the pandemic.

Now let’s view the results by industry.

Mining/Logging/Construction
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
45,200————46,800———48,200
These industries remain near their all-time highs for total metro jobs.
Mining/Logging/Construction Jobs as a % of Total Metro Jobs
7/2020————7/2021———7/2022
4.3——————4.2————–4.3

Manufacturing
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
70,100———–72,700———-72,900
Manufacturing has largely recovered from pandemic losses, but remains well below historic highs achieved decades ago.
Manufacturing Jobs as a % of Total Metro Jobs
7/2020————7/2021———-7/2022
6.7——————6.6—————6.5

Trade/Transportation/Utilities
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
215,000———-225,400———240,200
These industries are at historic highs.
Trade/Transportation/Utilities Jobs as a % of Total Metro Jobs
7/2020————7/2021———7/2022
20.4—————–20.3———–21.3

Information
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
15,300———–16,000———-17,000
While nowhere near previous highs of the late 1990s-early 2000s “Dot.com” boom, this industry has been steadily growing since it hit a pandemic bottom in late 2020, and has returned to levels last seen in 2019.
Information Jobs as a % of Total Metro Jobs
7/2020————7/2021———-7/2022
1.5——————1.4—————1.5

Financial Activities
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
85,200———–85,900———-85,600
Financial jobs initially recovered from the pandemic recession, but then in late 2021 through part of 2022 plummeted to their lowest levels in 6 years. However, since May, they have been shooting back up and are once again close to historic highs.
Financial Activities Jobs as a % of Total Metro Jobs
7/2020————7/2021———-7/2022
8.1——————7.7—————7.6

Professional and Business Services
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
172,800———-183,800———181,200
These industries have been hovering around their highs since about 2015, so it seems like these jobs have not been changing much in recent years.
Professional and Business Services Jobs as a % of Total Metro Jobs
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
16.4—————-16.6————–16.1

Education and Health Services
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
152,100———-159,800———161,800
While these industries have not fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels, they are relatively close to doing so.
Education and Health Services Jobs as a % of Total Metro Jobs
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
14.4—————-14.4————-14.4

Leisure and Hospitality
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
90,600———–105,600————108,000
This industry should be near historic highs by the holiday season, despite being hit the hardest during the recent recession.
Leisure and Hospitality Jobs as a % of Total Metro Jobs
7/2020————7/2021————7/2022
8.6——————9.5——————9.6

Other Services
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
37,400———–41,100———-41,900
This industry is near historic highs.
Other Services Jobs as a % of Total Metro Jobs
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
3.5—————–3.7—————-3.7

Government
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
170,100———-172,700———169,400
Government jobs have been in a slow decline since the pandemic recession.
Government Jobs as a % of Total Metro Jobs
7/2020———–7/2021———-7/2022
16.1—————15.6————–15.0



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Immigrant Place of Birth Map

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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.

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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.



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Housing Market Update July 2022

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Housing market update July 2022 Columbus, Ohio

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.



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Strange Columbus July 29, 1961 UFO

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Strange Columbus July 29, 1961 UFO Columbus, Ohio

From the files of Project Blue Book, this incident is somewhat humorous as the person who reported the incident seemingly had reported objects in the past and was considered extremely “belligerent” in reporting information about what they witnessed. The witness testimony included in the report is full of colorful language. Whether the witness was simply trying to gain attention seems to have been a factor in concluding this event was Jupiter.





Much of the written part has faded over the last 60 years, so quite a bit is unreadable. However, it looks like it was part notes from an interviewer and part response from the interviewee/witness. It seems to be relating to how the witness was largely uncooperative in answering questions.
17. *Interviewer* Notes: I got to home of *unreadable* Mr. *Redacted*… *unreadable* conversation around following pattern.
-Witness- I can tell you something you want to know about the goddamn thing.
*Interviewer* What color was it?
-Witness- *unreadable* is that goddamn thing *unreadable*?
*Interviewer* Was it like a star?
-Witness- Are you trying to make me out (to be) a goddamn fool or something?
*Interviewer* Where did you first see it?
-Witness- I know all about *unreadable* and that sort of thing, I was in the Navy.
19. -Witness- I have a friend who was at Pearl Harbor and he saw this goddamned thing, and you know what happened at Pearl Harbor.”






The exclamation points are a good indication the interviewer was basically mocking the witness by that point.

Again, some of the writing has faded. Here is what I could decipher.
Sgt. Ashley of Lockbourne AFB first referred the call to me at 2230 HRS. He had already been talking to this man for about an hour. Lockbourne Tower personnel and Columbus police failed to see what the man described. Sgt. Ashley had by chance been on duty the other time *redacted* had called and had gotten no confirmation that time either. That was *unreadable* July *unreadable*. Ashley called back at 2300 saying that *unreadable* was calling *unreadable* again. I did not take a second call from *redacted*.

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Columbus Economy June 2022

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Columbus economy June 2022

For the Columbus economy June 2022 report, we find the metro area continues to post generally positive numbers versus 2021 and 2020. The data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Overall Metro Area June 2022 and Change from June 2021
Labor Force: 1,130,201 +7,231
Employed: 1,087,813 +24,480
Unemployed: 42,388 -17,249
Unemployment Rate: 3.8% -1.5
Total Non-Farm Jobs: 1,125,000 +26,400
Numbers improved versus a year prior across the board, though with relatively slow labor force growth.

Overall Metro Area June 2022 and Change from February 2020 (Pre-Pandemic)
Labor Force: 1,130,201 +9,397
Employed: 1,087,813 +10,973
Unemployed: 42,388 -1,576
Unemployment Rate: 3.8% -0.1
Total Non-Farm Jobs: 1,125,000 +13,600
The metro area continues to be above pre-pandemic levels on all measurements.

Now let’s view the results by industry.

Mining/Logging/Construction
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022
45,000————46,300———48,500
This industry has fully recovered from the pandemic and is the highest since at least 1990.

Manufacturing
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022
69,600———–72,400———-72,900
Manufacturing has recovered from the pandemic period, but isn’t growing nearly as fast as other industries.

Trade/Transportation/Utilities
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022
213,300———-222,500———239,800
Fully recovered, this industry is at all-time highs.

Information
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022
15,500———–15,600———-16,700
The pandemic didn’t affect this industry much, as it was already in a general decline since the late 1990s-early 2000s.

Financial Activities
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022
84,300———–84,700———-85,400
Numbers for this industry have kind of been all over the place in recent years, but seem to be mostly stagnant since around 2016, so the pandemic didn’t have a strong effect either way.

Professional and Business Services
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022
171,000———-179,400———179,900
As with the financial activities industry, this one has been rather stagnant since about 2015-2016.

Education and Health Services
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022
149,700———-158,800———158,600
Education and Health were hard hit during the pandemic, and while they have recovered most of their lost jobs, have been unable to date to push past pre-pandemic highs.

Leisure and Hospitality
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022
86,400———-100,500———-109,600
The hardest hit industry by far, it has recovered the vast majority of lost jobs, but still remains a bit below pre-pandemic levels.

Other Services
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022
35,800———–40,400———-42,000
This industry is basically recovered.

Government
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022
171,200———-177,000———171,600
Government jobs have struggled to recover, and 2022 is not moving in the right direction, though this may not have anything to do with the pandemic.

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