ZIP 43068

43068 is one of 43 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Franklin County, OH — 49% of its own area is in the county.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 19 of the 37 nearby ZIPs shown.

19 school locations in 43068: 7 elementary, 4 middle, 6 high, 2 other.

In alphabetical order: Baldwin Road Junior High School, Everest High School, French Run Elementary School, Hannah J Ashton Middle School, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 43068 was worth $122,490.

Values peaked at $296,743 in April 2026. The latest reading is −0.1% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $296,459, +0.7% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $296,459. Put 20% down and borrow $237,167 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,642 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $70,451 a year, $5,871 a month. So the payment takes 28.0% of income — rated “stretched” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 11.6% in 2000.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $733.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $685.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,525 — +123% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +40%.

Reported values rose +142% since January 2000.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $241,747. So the real change is +23%, not +142%.

43068: +142% since January 2000.

Franklin County: +164% since January 2000.

Ohio: +133% since January 2000 — 43068 ran ahead of it by 9 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $1,939 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,566 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 15.8. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 70 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 71% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 145. That is 71% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

Going out — closed sales: about 70 a month. That is 74% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 2.1 months of supply — below the 4–6 month range Lotvox treats as balanced. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 0 more homes sold than came on each month, so inventory is shrinking. The basin is draining.

Homes sold: about 70 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 84 — so sales ran at 83% of it, and below it in 22 of the last 24 months.

Across Franklin County, builders pulled permits for 10,494 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 17% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Franklin County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 11,023 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 14,172 moved out.

Net across those counties: −3,149 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 145 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Delaware, OH (2,935 households); most departures went to Delaware, OH (4,215).

County assessor records list 25,064 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $229,700; the typical home value is $296,459.

The assessor average sits −22.5% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.