Housing & affordability in Newark
ACS 2020–24 · four inputs · 18% of the overall score
F
34/100
20th of 24
20th of 24
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The four inputs
Median home value vs metro$192,300
Columbus $300,80040% · scores 26
Median rent vs metro$973/mo
Columbus $1,274/mo30% · scores 31
Ownership rate56%
Columbus 61%15% · scores 38
Households spending >30% of income on housing26%
Columbus 29%15% · scores 62
Context, not scored
Median year built · Columbus 19821963
Houses rather than flats · Columbus 69%71%
Households with children · Columbus 31%30%
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, Newark 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 Newark on housing & affordability
Newark grades F on housing & affordability. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbHousingOverall
New Albany19 mi from NewarkA+ 68 B− Pickerington22 mi from NewarkC+ 62 C Gahanna24 mi from NewarkC 68 B− Pataskala16 mi from NewarkC 49 D+ Heath4 mi from NewarkD+ 58 C Reynoldsburg21 mi from NewarkD 55 C− Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Ownership rate: ACS 2020–24