ZIP 43201
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
August. Asking rents in ZIP 43201 usually run 0.5% below trend in August and 0.6% above it in November, about $23 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 43201 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2015.
Rent in ZIP 43201 changed +4.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 190 Ohio ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 43201 rose 25.3% while median household income rose 21.7% ($35,934 to $43,731). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 43201 is 32.3% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 6 months in a row, and rose in 10 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($43,731) is $1,093 a month. That is less than HUD's Fair Market Rent for a studio ($1,200).
21st cheapest of 21 ZIP codes in Columbus.
ZIP 43215, 2 miles away, rents for 26% less ($1,549/mo), about $6,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 43201. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 43201 (Columbus, OH) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income below the national average, 61.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 43201 in Columbus, OH has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 43201 in Columbus, OH has shifted from $1,643 to $2,087, up 27.0% since 2021. Census figures show median household income at $43,731 today, compared with $38,609 five years earlier. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 43201 in Columbus, OH adding about 506 residents over the five-year window, up 1.5% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 63.5% to 61.5% across the same window. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 43201 covers Columbus, OH. The median rent here is $2,087/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,290/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,540/mo.
At 57% of local median household income ($43,731/yr), ZIP 43201 ranks as expensive compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 4.7% over the past year.
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At $2,087/mo, rent takes ~57% of ZIP 43201's median household income ($43,731/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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