Table 1.
Socioeconomic status parameters of 14 city districts that collectively represent Columbus area. These 14 districts are served by the Jackson Pike and/or Southerly wastewater treatment plants which together represent the greater Columbus area. Each individual district's data was retrieved from the 2019 U.S. Census Bureau. For each district, the following SES parameters, median income, poverty, ethnicity (White, Black, Asian), education (high school, bachelor's degree), and without health insurance were totaled to calculate one SES value representative of the greater Columbus area.
| District | Population | Median Income ($) | Poverty (%) | Poverty | White (%) | White | Black (%) | Black | Asian (%) | Asian | High school or higher (%) | High school or higher | BA degree or higher (%) | BA degree or higher | Without health insurance (%) | Without health insurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus City | 898,553 | 53,745.00 | 0.20 | 175,217.84 | 0.59 | 526,552.06 | 0.29 | 260,580.37 | 0.06 | 52,116.07 | 0.90 | 806,900.59 | 0.37 | 328,870.40 | 0.10 | 88,058.19 |
| Dublin | 49,037 | 137,867.00 | 0.03 | 1,225.93 | 0.74 | 36,238.34 | 0.02 | 980.74 | 0.20 | 9,611.25 | 0.97 | 47,614.93 | 0.75 | 3,6581.60 | 0.13 | 6,374.81 |
| Hilliard | 36,534 | 96,959.00 | 0.05 | 1,790.17 | 0.87 | 31,711.51 | 0.05 | 1,753.63 | 0.06 | 2,045.90 | 0.96 | 35,109.17 | 0.55 | 1,9984.10 | 0.33 | 12,056.22 |
| Upper Arlington | 35,366 | 123,548.00 | 0.02 | 813.42 | 0.90 | 31,864.77 | 0.00 | 106.10 | 0.07 | 2,440.25 | 0.99 | 34,835.51 | 0.77 | 2,7267.19 | 0.02 | 742.69 |
| Worthington | 14,692 | 104,362.00 | 0.04 | 514.22 | 0.92 | 13,457.87 | 0.03 | 396.68 | 0.03 | 396.68 | 0.99 | 14,471.62 | 0.69 | 10,108.10 | 0.25 | 3,673.00 |
| Westerville | 41,103 | 93,717.00 | 0.07 | 2,671.70 | 0.87 | 35,554.10 | 0.07 | 3,041.62 | 0.02 | 904.27 | 0.97 | 40,034.32 | 0.52 | 21,537.97 | 0.05 | 1,849.64 |
| Gahanna | 35,483 | 88,475.00 | 0.05 | 1,809.63 | 0.81 | 288,83.16 | 0.12 | 4,222.48 | 0.03 | 1,135.46 | 0.97 | 34,347.54 | 0.49 | 17,209.26 | 0.04 | 1,561.25 |
| New Albany | 10,933 | 203,409.00 | 0.01 | 131.20 | 0.80 | 87,35.47 | 0.08 | 896.51 | 0.09 | 929.31 | 0.99 | 10,779.94 | 0.79 | 8,582.41 | 0.06 | 655.98 |
| Reynoldsburg | 38,327 | 67,120.00 | 0.09 | 3,487.76 | 0.63 | 24,184.34 | 0.26 | 9,850.04 | 0.04 | 1,456.43 | 0.92 | 35,375.82 | 0.31 | 12,034.68 | 0.07 | 2,644.56 |
| Whitehall | 18,926 | 42,526.00 | 0.21 | 3,974.46 | 0.44 | 8,289.59 | 0.39 | 7,456.84 | 0.01 | 189.26 | 0.85 | 16,011.40 | 0.15 | 2,744.27 | 0.15 | 2,895.68 |
| Bexley | 13,770 | 109,036.00 | 0.08 | 1,129.14 | 0.87 | 11,911.05 | 0.07 | 963.90 | 0.03 | 399.33 | 0.98 | 13,494.60 | 0.76 | 10,520.28 | 0.03 | 371.79 |
| Obetz Village | 5,196 | 65,466.00 | 0.13 | 680.68 | 0.84 | 4,375.03 | 0.11 | 545.58 | 0.01 | 36.37 | 0.87 | 4,541.30 | 0.14 | 717.05 | 0.08 | 394.90 |
| Grove City | 41,820 | 74,284.00 | 0.07 | 2,969.22 | 0.92 | 38,474.40 | 0.04 | 1,463.70 | 0.02 | 669.12 | 0.94 | 39,478.08 | 0.34 | 14,260.62 | 0.04 | 1,630.98 |
| Grandview Heights | 8,333 | 101,100.00 | 0.21 | 1,733.26 | 0.96 | 80,24.68 | 0.01 | 83.33 | 0.01 | 108.33 | 0.99 | 8,208.01 | 0.74 | 6,133.09 | 0.02 | 174.99 |
| Total | 1,248,073 | 97,258.14 | 1,4153.47 | 80,8256.36 | 29,2341.52 | 72,438.03 | 114,1202.84 | 516,551.00 | 123,084.68 | |||||||
| % of Columbus population | 0.01 | 0.65 | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.91 | 0.41 | 0.10 |