Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 61/100
C
Median home value$350,900
Columbus $300,800
Median rent$1,466/mo
Columbus $1,274/mo
Cost-burdened households25%
Columbus 29%
Gahanna
Franklin County35,486 residentsGahanna-Jefferson City
68
B−
Suburbgrade score
8th of 24 Columbus suburbs. Strong on commute & transport and employment & income, held back by cost of living.
68
Columbus median 61
0 · F
A+ · 100
Launch-day rule. Residents is not counted for Gahanna yet: no poll responses so far. The overall score of 68 is computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. Answer the poll →
What living here is actually like
Written summary in preparation This page is waiting for its written summary, and for a person to check it. Until then it is excluded from search engines.
What Gahanna is like to live in, by category
Bars show Gahanna against Columbus. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 64/100
C+
Within-state proficiency66th pct
Columbus median 62nd pct
Student–teacher ratio17.9
Columbus median 17.8
Graduation rate90%
Columbus median 90%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 54/100
C−
Housing cost index115
Columbus 100
Eff. tax rate1.76%
Columbus 1.42%
Local sales tax7.29%
Columbus median 7.29%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 87/100
A−
Mean commute20.4 min
Columbus 23.6 min
Under 30 minutes81%
Columbus 70%
Transit stops / sq mi6.7
Columbus median 1.6 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 73/100
B
Restaurants & cafés84
Columbus median 49 · within 2 miles
Groceries6
Columbus median 4 · within 2 miles
Parks59
Columbus median 36 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 74/100
B
Median household income$109,061
Columbus $81,945
Unemployment2.6%
Columbus 4.1%
Professional occupations54%
Columbus 46%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
—
No responses yet. Residents is excluded from the score until eight people answer.
Ask the people who live here
Twelve yes/no questions, one tap each. No dataset knows whether the yards are kept or whether anyone talks to their neighbours. Answers feed the Residents grade, which needs eight responses before it counts.
Nobody has answered for Gahanna yet. If you live here, you can be the first.
Is it quiet at night?
—
Do you feel safe walking after dark?
—
Can you walk to a grocery store?
—
Is it good for young children?
—
Are yards and streets well kept?
—
Tap either button to answer — no account neededAll twelve questions →
Better than Gahanna on cost of living
Gahanna's weakest grade is C−. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbCost of livingOverall
Newark24 mi from GahannaB+ 53 C− Heath23 mi from GahannaB 58 C Whitehall5 mi from GahannaB− 47 D Columbus7 mi from GahannaB− 57 C− Reynoldsburg7 mi from GahannaC+ 55 C− Delaware20 mi from GahannaC+ 61 C Cost-of-living index composed in-house from housing cost, utilities, effective property tax and local sales tax · Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Effective property tax: ACS 2020–24
Common questions about living in Gahanna
Is Gahanna, OH a good place to live?
Gahanna scores 68 out of 100, 8th of 24 Columbus suburbs. It is strongest on commute & transport and weakest on cost of living. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Gahanna expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades C−. The median home is $350,900, 17% above the Columbus median, and the effective property tax rate is 1.76%. $1,466/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Gahanna?
Schools grade C+. The districts serving Gahanna sit at the 66th pct within-state proficiency percentile, with a 90% graduation rate and a 17.9 student–teacher ratio. Gahanna is served by Gahanna-Jefferson City. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Gahanna?
The mean commute is 20.4 min, with 81% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 25% working from home. Transit density is 6.7 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Gahanna?
Within two miles there are 6 groceries, 84 restaurants and cafés and 59 parks, which grades B on amenities.
Are the homes in Gahanna old or new?
The median home in Gahanna was built in 1985 — close to the Columbus median of 1982. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 79% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.