ZIP 43215

43215 is one of 43 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Franklin County, OH.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 15 of the 35 nearby ZIPs shown.

8 school locations in 43215: 2 elementary, 1 middle, 5 high.

In alphabetical order: Arts Impact Middle School (Aims), Columbus Downtown High School, Early College Academy, Flex High School, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In February 2016 the typical home in 43215 was worth $278,023.

Values peaked at $357,770 in August 2023. The latest reading is −7.5% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $330,949, −3.7% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $330,949. Put 20% down and borrow $264,759 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,833 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $74,469 a year, $6,206 a month. So the payment takes 29.5% 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 24.8% in 2016.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in February 2016 (3.66%) the payment was $1,019.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,063.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,703 — +60% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +1%.

Reported values rose +19% since February 2016.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +41% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2016 home was worth $391,412. So the real change is −15%, not +19%.

43215: +19% since February 2016.

Franklin County: +107% since February 2016.

Ohio: +94% since February 2016 — 43215 ran behind it by 75 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $2,164 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,579 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 17.5. 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 30 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 88% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 145.

Going out — closed sales: about 18 a month. That is 57% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months. The drain is drawn 54% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 46% of its 2015–2019 level.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 7.9 months of supply — above the 4–6 month balanced range. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 12 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 18 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 29 — so sales ran at 62% of it, and below it in 23 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 7,733 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $300,300; the typical home value is $330,949.

The assessor average sits −9.3% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.