Housing Market Update April 2022



housing market update April 2022 Columbus, Ohio

All data for the Housing Market Update 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 April 2022
1. New Albany: $650,000
2. New Albany Plain LSD: $635,000
3. Powell: $605,663
4. Grandview Heights: $585,000
5. Upper Arlington CSD: $580,000
6. Granville CSD: $566,500
7. German Village: $565,000
8. Bexley: $562,000
9. Dublin: $547,500
10. Olentangy LSD: $508,900
11. Worthington: $507,500
12. Dublin CSD: $480,000
13. Big Walnut LSD: $463,178
14. Hilliard: $450,000
15. Sunbury: $427,500

Top 15 Least Expensive Locations by Median Sales Price in April 2022
1. Newark CSD: $175,000
2. Whitehall: $190,000
3. Lancaster CSD: $190,000
4. Circleville CSD: $200,000
5. Miami Trace LSD: $210,000
6. Hamilton LSD: $214,500
7. Obetz: $220,000
8. London CSD: $244,750
9. Columbus CSD: $247,000
10. Groveport Madison LSD: $253,500
11. Columbus: $263,000
12. South Western CSD: $275,000
13. Jefferson LSD: $285,000
14. Reynoldsburg CSD: $299,850
15. Gahanna: $310,000
Even the cheapest markets are mostly above $200K now.

Overall Market Median Sales Price in April: $300,875
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 April 2021 and April 2022
1. Minerva Park: +59.6%
2. Lithoplis: +44.1%
3. Jefferson LSD: +43.9%
4. Miami Trace LSD: +40.0%
5. Pataskala: +39.6%
6. Granville CSD: +38.2%
7. Sunbury: +37.7%
8. Canal Winchester CSD: +36.7%
9. New Albany Plain LSD: +35.3%
10. Grove City: +30.4%
11. Groveport Madison LSD: +29.3%
12. Worthington CSD: +27.8%
13. Reynoldsburg CSD: +26.0%
14. Newark CSD: +25.0%
15. Upper Arlington CSD: +24.7%

Top 15 Locations with the Lowest Median Sales Price % Growth Between April 2021 and April 2022
1. Jonathan Alder LSD: -21.6%
2. Short North: -18.6%
3. Buckeye Valley LSD: -17.6%
4. Lancaster CSD: -5.0%
5. New Albany: -4.1%
6. Obetz: -2.3%
7. German Village: -0.9%
8. Beechwold/Clintonville: +4.3%
9. Dublin: +6.5%
10. Bexley: +6.5%
11. Dublin CSD: +9.8%
12. Hamilton LSD: +9.9%
13. Westerville: +11.9%
14. Columbus CSD: +13.8%
15. Olentangy LSD: +14.0%
16. Columbus: +15.1%
Columbus core neighborhoods and Columbus overall saw some of the smallest or even negative price changes.

Overall Market Median Sales Price % Change April 2022 vs. April 2021: +19.8%

Top 10 Locations with the Most New Listings in April 2022
1. Columbus: 1,260
2. Columbus CSD: 856
3. South Western CSD: 223
4. Olentangy LSD: 170
5. Westerville CSD: 161
6. Hilliard CSD: 136
7. Dublin CSD: 131
8. Pickerington LSD: 99
9. Grove City: 93
10. Worthington CSD: 91

Top 10 Locations with the Fewest New Listings in April 2022
1. Valleyview: 1
2. Lithopolis: 3
3. Jefferson LSD: 5
4. Minerva Park: 6
5. Grandview Heights: 7
6. Northridge LSD: 8
7. Obetz: 10
8. German Village: 10
9. Sunbury: 11
10. Jonathan Alder LSD: 12
11. Hamilton LSD: 15
12. Granville CSD: 15

Total New Listings in the Columbus Metro in April 2022: +3,194
Overall Metro New Listings % Change April 2022 vs April 2021: -1.7%



Top 10 Fastest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in April 2022
1. Gahanna: 3
2. Jefferson LSD: 3
3. Minerva Park: 3
4. Worthington: 3
5. Blacklick: 4
6. Canal Winchester CSD: 4
7. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: 4
8. Jonathan Alder LSD: 4
9. Obetz: 4
10. Big Walnut LSD: 5
11. Hilliard CSD: 5
12. Powell: 5
13. Sunbury: 5
14. Dublin: 6
15. Hilliard: 6
16. Lithopolis: 6
17. Reynoldsburg CSD: 6
18. Whitehall: 6
19. Worthington CSD: 6
20. Hamilton LSD: 7
21. Miami Trace LSD: 7
22. Westerville: 7
23. Dublin CSD: 8
24. Groveport Madison LSD: 8
25. Upper Arlington CSD: 8
26. Beechwold/Clintonville: 9
27. Westerville CSD: 9
28. Granville CSD: 10
29. Marysville CSD: 10
30. Pickerington LSD: 10
31. Bexley: 11
32. Columbus: 11
33. Delaware CSD: 11
34. German Village: 11
35. Johnstown-Monroe LSD: 11
36. Lancaster CSD: 11
37. Newark CSD: 11
38. Olentangy LSD: 11
39. Pickerington: 11
40. Circleville CSD: 13
41. Grandview Heights: 13

Top 10 Slowest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in April 2022
1. Northridge LSD: 58
2. Downtown: 40
3. Short North: 31
4. London CSD: 24
5. Buckeye Valley LSD: 23
6. Grove City: 22
7. Pataskala: 21
8. New Albany: 20
9. Teays Valley LSD: 15
10. Columbus CSD: 14
11. New Albany Plain LSD: 14
12. South Western CSD: 14

Top 10 Locations with the Greatest % Decline of # of Days on the Market Before Sale April 2022 vs. April 2021
1. Miami Trace LSD: -86.3%
2. Gahanna: -76.9%
3. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: -75.0%
4. Granville CSD: -74.4%
5. Blacklick: -71.4%
6. German Village: -71.1%
7. New Albany Plain LSD: -64.1%
8. Obetz: -63.6%
9. New Albany: -59.2%
10. Upper Arlington CSD: -55.6%

Top 10 Locations with the Lowest % Decline of # of Days on the Market Before Sale April 2022 vs. April 2021
1. Lithopolis: +200.0%
2. Northridge LSD: +176.2%
3. Grove City: +69.2%
4. Sunbury: +66.75
5. Pataskala: +61.5%
6. London CSD: +60.0%
7. South Western CSD: +55.6%
8. Downtown: +48.1%
9. Westerville: +40.0%
10. Delaware CSD: +37.5%
11. Johnstown-Monroe LSD: +37.5%

Total # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale Across the Metro Overall: 13.7
Overall Metro Days on Market % Change April 2022 vs April 2021: -35.7%
Homes were selling on average almost 8 days after than a year ago.



Cool Link: Columbus Property Tax Abatement Map




Columbus property tax abatement map

Around Columbus and Franklin County, tax incentives and abatements are granted to properties either for new development or to encourage improvements to existing buildings. Most of these incentives are given to properties in urban neighborhoods that have suffered from a lack of investment. However, in recent years, studies have shown that the distribution of them is both uneven and highly controversial, often going to rich developers in already well-established neighborhoods rather than those that need them the most. The link of the Columbus property tax abatement map provides both descriptions of the types of tax incentives used locally, as well as a map that shows what properties get what incentives and how much they amount to.

Franklin County Tax Incentives

In addition to abatements and incentives, TIFs, or Tax Increment Financing, uses targeted tax collection in specific areas to make improvements within said districts. Unlike tax abatements/incentives, TIFs can be found almost anywhere, and are regularly used in both suburban and urban neighborhoods, and are not always tied to improving declined areas.

Franklin County TIFs