Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Area Profile

41,224 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Reynoldsburg, in Franklin County.

72out of 100
Area Score
Top 14% of 2,944 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 11% of 3,904 published cities77
Schools2221st of 2,668 published cities25
GrowthTop 9% of 2,973 published cities76
Housing affordabilityTop 32% of 4,223 published cities90
Climate2440th of 4,223 published cities68
Physical resilienceTop 26% of 4,182 published cities79
AccessTop 8% of 4,226 published cities99
Economic stabilityTop 40% of 4,226 published cities65
The quick read

Reynoldsburg ranks in the top 11% of published city profiles for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 3.4% and median household income of $72,972.

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 354 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 40% on the prior year.

A major airport is 6 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
41,224
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$72,972
Top 42% nationally
Density
3,638/sq mi
11.3 sq mi of land
Median age
37.2
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Franklin County
Ohio
Metro area
Columbus, OH
Nearest major airport
CMH
6 mi · John Glenn Columbus Intl
Median home value
$244,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.4% is lower than 87% of the 3,904 measured US cities.

Employment grew 0.1% over the past year, to 21,833 employed residents.

32% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 72% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$3,465$72,972Top 42%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,253$38,742Top 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate12.0%Top 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute26.5 minBottom 49%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher32.1%Top 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment21,833Bottom 28%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)4.8%Top 6%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)0.1%Top 29%June 2026
Labor force22,607Bottom 27%June 2026
Labor force participation68.8%Top 21%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$67,270Bottom 45%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$51,340Top 49%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-1.2%Bottom 4%June 2026
Unemployment rate3.4%Bottom 13%June 2026
Unemployment rate
2021/062022/032022/122023/092024/062025/032025/102026/066.12.9
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 3.4% in June 2026. A break in the line is a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish for this area — it is left empty rather than estimated.
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202473k64k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $72,972 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Columbus, OH
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers31,590$28,670
Registered Nurses30,510$83,900
Stockers and Order Fillers30,130$39,040
General and Operations Managers29,070$102,590
Home Health and Personal Care Aides27,580$34,880
Retail Salespersons26,850$33,780

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

40% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 50% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 17.9 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
11
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
17.9
across all schools here
Math proficiency
39.6%
Bottom 20% in Ohio
Reading proficiency
49.9%
Bottom 31% in Ohio
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Reynoldsburg High SchoolReynoldsburg City2,11517.3
Waggoner Road Junior HighReynoldsburg City92417.127%47%
Baldwin Road Junior High SchoolReynoldsburg City78118.237%57%
Waggoner Road ElementaryReynoldsburg City69119.7
Tussing Elementary SchoolPickerington Local64718.552%50%
Slate Ridge Elementary SchoolReynoldsburg City58221.632%45%
Herbert Mills Elementary SchoolReynoldsburg City43118.044%49%
Taylor Road Elementary SchoolReynoldsburg City41913.550%50%
Summit Road ElementaryReynoldsburg City40517.652%69%
Rose Hill Elementary SchoolReynoldsburg City39318.744%44%
French Run Elementary SchoolReynoldsburg City38919.432%37%

58.5% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Ohio’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,259 takes 21% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.3 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
20.7%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.3×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,259
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$244,300
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.35Top 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate61.6%Bottom 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±83817,986Top 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$55$1,259Top 30%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$8,943$244,300Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income20.7%Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate3.9%Bottom 24%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
76/ 100
Top 9% of 2,973 published city profiles
Permitting is decreasing — 2 consecutive years, measured from 2020 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has grown 4% since 2020, reaching 42,897 in 2024.

64% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 8.6 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities.

Units permitted
354
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
8.6
Top 17% nationally
Year over year
+40%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
64.4%
units in 5+ unit buildings
Population, annual estimates
2020202120222023202443k41k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.
Housing units permitted per year
202020212022202320242025509117
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey. Permitting in 2025 was higher than 2020 (+13%).

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 85°F and January a low of 22°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 41.6 inches, including 28.2 inches of snow.

Air quality measures a median index of 53, in the Moderate band, and about 4 days a year pass 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station COLUMBUS PORT COLUMBUS INTL AP, 5.3 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index72.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation41.6"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall28.2"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low22°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high85°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months61991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 10042024 calendar year
Median air quality index53.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing46°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
53
Moderate on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
72
90th percentile index
Days above 100
4
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

79 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are tornado and hail.

HailModerate
TornadoModerate

Low or minimal exposure: inland flooding, winter weather, strong wind, lightning, heat wave, ice storm, earthquake, landslide, cold wave, drought, hurricane, wildfire.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Franklin County records 6.7 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, higher than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 12.6 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 24.4 per 100,000 residents in Franklin County.

Homicide
6.7
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
12.6
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
24.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
13.8
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Franklin County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around Reynoldsburg rather than Reynoldsburg itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

6 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 6 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
John Glenn Columbus IntlCMH6 mi10,114 ft
Rickenbacker IntlLCK13 mi11,902 ft
Mansfield Lahm RgnlMFD61 mi9,001 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Columbus, OH

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
ColumbusFranklin County914,80266vs Reynoldsburg
NewarkLicking County50,783vs Reynoldsburg
DublinFranklin County49,29479vs Reynoldsburg
DelawareDelaware County44,58976vs Reynoldsburg
Grove CityFranklin County42,51773vs Reynoldsburg
LancasterFairfield County41,24966vs Reynoldsburg
WestervilleFranklin County38,64574vs Reynoldsburg
HilliardFranklin County38,03378vs Reynoldsburg
Upper ArlingtonFranklin County36,29375vs Reynoldsburg
GahannaFranklin County35,48678vs Reynoldsburg
MarysvilleUnion County27,518vs Reynoldsburg
PickeringtonFairfield County24,47778vs Reynoldsburg

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

ZIP codes in Reynoldsburg

1 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
4306860,148$70,47772