Columbus

Most affordable Columbus suburbs

Ranked on what a household actually pays: the in-house cost-of-living index at 55%, the median home value against the metro at 25% (lower is better here), and the share of households already stretched by housing costs at 20%.

Updated Sep 2026·24 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Located at 127 Harding Way W, Galion, OH, the Galion Theatre opened in July of 1949 as a state-of-the-art, 1,200-seat movie theatre and operated as a movie hous
Galion$113k median · 26.5 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing FEmployment F
80
Affordability
overall 44 D
2
London, OH
London$201k median · 22.9 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing FEmployment D+
75
Affordability
overall 46 D
3
Newark, OH
Newark$192k median · 23.0 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing FEmployment D
75
Affordability
overall 53 C−
4
Historic Main Street in Circleville, Ohio
Circleville$192k median · 25.0 min commute
Cost of living BHousing FEmployment F
73
Affordability
overall 47 D
5
Opening of a ditch on the southern side of the gate to the Great Circle Earthworks in Newark, Ohio, United States; note the nearby person for scale. Along with
Heath$236k median · 23.7 min commute
Cost of living BHousing D+Employment D+
71
Affordability
overall 58 C
6
East Main Street (w:U.S. Route 22) in w:Lancaster, Ohio This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in th
Lancaster$194k median · 27.7 min commute
Cost of living BHousing FEmployment D−
67
Affordability
overall 51 D+
7
Marysville, Ohio as viewed from atop the downtown grain silo
Marysville$301k median · 24.1 min commute
Cost of living C+Housing C−Employment C+
65
Affordability
overall 60 C
8
Reynoldsburg City Hall in Reynoldsburg, Ohio as seen from the east.
Reynoldsburg$244k median · 25.2 min commute
Cost of living C+Housing DEmployment C−
62
Affordability
overall 55 C−
9
Whitehall Municipal Building decorated for Christmas viewed from the northeast.
Whitehall$160k median · 21.4 min commute
Cost of living B−Housing FEmployment F
61
Affordability
overall 47 D
10
Houses on the western side of the first block of N. High Street in Canal Winchester, Ohio, United States. This block is part of the North High Street Historic D
Canal Winchester$336k median · 25.2 min commute
Cost of living CHousing B−Employment B+
61
Affordability
overall 65 C+
This list's weighting
Cost of living 55%Median home value (lower is better) 25%Cost-burdened households 20%
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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Galion (Rowan Kempf · CC BY-SA 4.0); London (Wikimedia Commons · Public domain); Newark (Wikimedia Commons · Public domain); Circleville (Analogue Kid (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0); Heath (Nyttend · Public domain); Lancaster (Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5); Marysville (Mgeorge19 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Reynoldsburg (Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0); Whitehall (Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0); Canal Winchester (Nyttend · Public domain).