The following are key points from the data in the tables and graphs found on the “Data” tab. The “Sources and Notes” tab provides additional information about the data.
- The city of Columbus represented 41% of all housing units added to the Franklin County housing stock between 2007 and 2008, even though the city had 51% of all units in the county in 2007.
- In 2007, the vacancy rate among all housing
units was 14.9% within Columbus, compared to 13.4% in Franklin
County overall. Vacancy rates fell from 2007 in Columbus, when they were 15.2%,
and remained constant in Franklin County.
- In 2008, 77.4% of the county’s
vacant units were in Columbus.
- Among occupied units, the percentage that was owner-occupied in 2008 was 50.0% in Columbus versus 58.5% in Franklin County. These rates were lower than in 2007, when they were 51.9% and 59.5% respectively.
- The number of owner-occupied units in Columbus increased by 2.6% while it increased by just 1.3% in Franklin County between 2006 and 2007.
- Homeownership rates in Franklin County municipalities ranged from 45.4% (Whitehall) to 84.1% (Worthington) in 2000. Columbus had the second lowest rate in the county at 49.1%.
 For a printable PDF of the Analysis, Data, and Sources and Notes for this indicator, click here.
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