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Columbus Metro Market Report

Top 10 ZIPs by size — 7.32% mortgage rate — Updated 10/28/2026

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Listings Flow Ladder — Columbus

Faucet, basin and drain — new listings in, active inventory, closed sales out.as of Sep 30, 2026

the basin is fillingnet 467 listings/mo
balanced 4–6 mo3.0 mo
Faucet — new listings
3,056/mo
90% of normal (3,395) · normal
Basin — active listings
7,709
101% of normal (7,626) · low
Months of supply
3 mo
derived — not published at this grain
Drain — closed sales
2,589/mo
83% of normal (3,132)
Net — faucet minus drain
+467/mo
filling
Reading
current
as of 2026-09-30
Compare against:
2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31 · 5 same-month points

How plugged is the drain? Two definitions, both ours, deliberately not reconciled.

  • 19%Absorption vs its own normal— 1 - (closed sales / active listings) / same-month median of that ratio
  • 17%Closed sales vs its own normal— 1 - closed sales per month / same-month median closed sales per month

Closed sales over 24 months — two different numbers, deliberately not merged.

  • 260/mofall in the monthly rate (9%)— peak 2,849/mo (2026-07-31) to 2,589/mo now
  • 9,902transactions that did not happen— summed monthly shortfall vs the same-month normal, over 24 months below it (vs 2015-19 (COVID excluded))
  • rate_drop_from_peak is a change in the monthly rate; cumulative_shortfall_vs_normal counts transactions not transacted. They are different quantities and are not interchangeable.
2026-09-30

Redfin market data (county + ZIP), via Lotvox. As of 2026-09-30. Normal = same-month median of monthly rates, minimum 3 same-month points. Source window 3 months (flows shown per month). Aggregated over a fixed panel of 87 zips — the panel is fixed so a change in who reports cannot look like a change in the market. months_of_supply is not published at this grain (0 non-null rows measured); derived here as active listings / closed sales per month.

Verified county coverage:Franklin County, OH

Tracked ZIPs
10
Avg Score
68
Avg Median
$308,669
Market
Balanced
Avg Composite
68/100
Avg Median Price
$308,669
Avg Rent
$1,444/mo
Avg Burden
24.2%of income

Buyer Leverage — Should I Buy in Columbus?

47
Avg Buyer Score
124 ZIPs analyzed
Strong Buyer
0
Moderate
26
Balanced
56
Seller Favored
42
Strong Seller
0
Best for Buyers
43149Rockbridge78
68644Lindsay76
43001Alexandria73
43046Millersport71
43076Thornville69
Most Competitive
47244Hartsville22
43162West Jefferson24
47203Columbus25
43219Columbus26
47246Hope28

BALANCED — Columbus roughly fair, negotiate on a per-ZIP basis

43046
Millersport, Fairfield
69
Median Price
$385,655
YoY
+4.0%
Payment Burden
29.5%
Buy vs Rent
Rent
Days on Market
62
Supply
3.4 mo
Rent
$1,047
Val. Gap
-25.5%
43004
Blacklick, Franklin
66
Median Price
$344,753
YoY
-0.1%
Payment Burden
22.4%
Buy vs Rent
Neutral
Days on Market
46
Supply
2.8 mo
Rent
$1,784
Val. Gap
-12.7%
43123
Grove City, Franklin
71
Median Price
$330,582
YoY
+1.3%
Payment Burden
24.8%
Buy vs Rent
Neutral
Days on Market
46
Supply
2.6 mo
Rent
$1,556
Val. Gap
-16.1%
43081
Westerville, Franklin
71
Median Price
$352,515
YoY
+1.2%
Payment Burden
25.7%
Buy vs Rent
Neutral
Days on Market
39
Supply
2.2 mo
Rent
$1,616
Val. Gap
-13.7%
43026
Hilliard, Franklin
69
Median Price
$375,833
YoY
+0.5%
Payment Burden
22.5%
Buy vs Rent
Rent
Days on Market
41
Supply
1.9 mo
Rent
$1,551
Val. Gap
-16.2%
43230
Gahanna, Franklin
68
Median Price
$341,022
YoY
+1.8%
Payment Burden
24.4%
Buy vs Rent
Neutral
Days on Market
42
Supply
2.3 mo
Rent
$1,523
Val. Gap
-16.5%
43207
Columbus, Franklin
64
Median Price
$200,550
YoY
-1.3%
Payment Burden
21.6%
Buy vs Rent
Buy
Days on Market
48
Supply
3.2 mo
Rent
$1,274
Val. Gap
-15.2%
43228
Lincoln Village, Franklin
64
Median Price
$218,961
YoY
-2.5%
Payment Burden
23.7%
Buy vs Rent
Buy
Days on Market
44
Supply
2 mo
Rent
$1,277
Val. Gap
-15.5%
43235
Columbus, Franklin
71
Median Price
$340,582
YoY
+0.5%
Payment Burden
25.9%
Buy vs Rent
Rent
Days on Market
38
Supply
2.3 mo
Rent
$1,421
Val. Gap
-11.5%
43204
Columbus, Franklin
62
Median Price
$196,238
YoY
-2.3%
Payment Burden
21.9%
Buy vs Rent
Buy
Days on Market
57
Supply
3.6 mo
Rent
$1,390
Val. Gap
-16.5%

Median price and 12-month change: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI); where a ZIP has no ZHVI value, the county assessor average. Days on market: Redfin Data Center, rolling 90 days; months of supply: Redfin Data Center. Rent: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI); where a ZIP has no ZORI value, the Census ACS county rent.

Every ZIP market page in Columbus Metro (44)