Best PlacesFort Columbus Airport, Columbus, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus ranks 5,253rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Health outcomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus' strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Short commute19.7 minutes each way, better than 81% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 60% of neighborhoods
Where Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Household income$42,844 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $42,844, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus' effective rate of 1.05%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus
Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus.
Who works in Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus, and how
Work in Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus
Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 88% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus, month by month
Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 2 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus
Schools across Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus average a C, better than 44% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Ecole Kenwood French ImmersionB · 48% proficient
- Goshen Lane Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Etna Road Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gahanna West Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Columbus City Preparatory School For GirlsC− · 30% proficient
- Rosemore Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Whitehall Yearling High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Columbus North International School (7-12)D · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus
Is Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus ranks 5,253rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and a stable housing market, and lowest on health outcomes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $106,645. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $42,844 median income, cost of living beats 12% of neighborhoods.
Is Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus safe?
Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus is safer than 35% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $510 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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