Housing & affordability in Delaware
ACS 2020–24 · four inputs · 18% of the overall score
C−
55/100
15th of 24
15th of 24
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The four inputs
Median home value vs metro$318,400
Columbus $300,80040% · scores 53
Median rent vs metro$1,286/mo
Columbus $1,274/mo30% · scores 51
Ownership rate65%
Columbus 61%15% · scores 54
Households spending >30% of income on housing25%
Columbus 29%15% · scores 67
Context, not scored
Median year built · Columbus 19821995
Houses rather than flats · Columbus 69%72%
Households with children · Columbus 31%39%
Neither direction is better here, so none of it moves the grade. It is on the page because it changes what a place is like to live in.
Vertical rule marks the Columbus reference. ACS 2020–24. Every scale is on the methodology page.
Best Columbus suburbs for housing
All 24 ranked, Delaware highlighted1New AlbanyA+$772,1002PowellA$561,5003DublinB+$563,5004Upper ArlingtonB+$595,6005BexleyB−$527,8006Canal WinchesterB−$336,1007WorthingtonB−$440,5008HilliardC+$385,1009PickeringtonC+$339,60010WestervilleC$374,50011GahannaC$350,90012PataskalaC$314,50013Grove CityC−$310,40014MarysvilleC−$300,80015DelawareC−$318,40016HeathD+$235,70017ReynoldsburgD$244,30018ColumbusD−$252,90019LondonF$201,00020LancasterF$193,90021NewarkF$192,30022CirclevilleF$191,70023WhitehallF$159,60024GalionF$112,700
Better than Delaware on housing & affordability
Delaware grades C− on housing & affordability. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbHousingOverall
New Albany21 mi from DelawareA+ 68 B− Powell8 mi from DelawareA 72 B− Dublin13 mi from DelawareB+ 70 B− Upper Arlington18 mi from DelawareB+ 76 B Bexley23 mi from DelawareB− 77 B Worthington13 mi from DelawareB− 71 B− Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Ownership rate: ACS 2020–24