Columbus City Council district demographics & trends
Columbus Districts tracks each district across American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year vintages, so you can see change over time — not just a single snapshot. Two vintages are loaded today; a new one is added each December as the Census Bureau releases it.
Median household income
Median home value
Population, rent & unemployment
Current value with change since the prior vintage. Scroll sideways for all nine districts.
| Metric (ACS 2019–2023, change since ACS 2017–2021) | D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | D6 | D7 | D8 | D9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 100,490 +1% | 99,417 +3% | 95,375 −1% | 101,341 −1% | 104,633 +1% | 98,849 +1% | 98,898 +2% | 100,872 +0% | 102,653 +1% |
| Median rent | $1,369 +16% | $1,405 +16% | $1,186 +13% | $1,068 +18% | $1,317 +16% | $1,158 +20% | $1,272 +18% | $1,074 +16% | $1,182 +14% |
| Unemployment | 4.4% −0.1 | 2.9% +0.1 | 4.9% −0.3 | 8.9% −0.5 | 3.9% −0.1 | 6.1% −0.1 | 4.6% −0.4 | 7.3% −0.1 | 3.4% −1.2 |
How to read these figures
About the ACS 5-year estimates
The American Community Survey 5-year estimate is a rolling average over five years of surveys, not a single-year count. It's the most reliable Census source for areas the size of a council district, but because it's an average, it lags fast-moving change by a couple of years.
Why district figures are aggregated
Council districts don't line up with Census geographies, so every district figure here is built up from census block groups assigned to that district. Median income, rent, and home value are pooled medians: each block group’s ACS income, home-value, and rent distribution tables are apportioned to the district, and the median is interpolated from the combined distribution. Pooling all nine districts this way reproduces the Census Bureau’s published citywide Columbus medians within about 1%. These are still survey estimates, so treat small gaps between districts as within the margin of error. Dollar figures are in each vintage’s own dollars (2021 dollars for 2017–2021, 2023 dollars for 2019–2023) and are not adjusted for inflation between vintages.
ACS vs. Esri current-year estimates
Where available, each district page also shows Esri's current-year estimate for comparison. Esri projects forward from the 2020 Census using building permits and migration data, so in fast-growing districts it can run ahead of the backward-looking ACS average. Neither is "wrong" — they answer slightly different questions.
Sources & corrections
Demographics: U.S. Census Bureau ACS via CivicWorth. Boundaries: official City of Columbus 2023 council map. Found an error? Every district page has a “Suggest an edit” form, and corrections are made quickly.
These figures stop at the district level. To explore the same underlying data at the individual address and parcel level — representation, zoning, transit, and 311 — or to browse Columbus civic maps, see CivicWorth’s Columbus hub.
Last reviewed: September 2, 2026