23 hours ago, jonoh81 said:

It's ranking fell to 15th largest, as Charlotte finally passed it.

I didn't realize how much denser Columbus is than Charlotte. Charlotte is about 100 square miles larger than Columbus, yet they just now passed us in population. Kind of surprising.

16 hours ago, cbussoccer said:

I didn't realize how much denser Columbus is than Charlotte. Charlotte is about 100 square miles larger than Columbus, yet they just now passed us in population. Kind of surprising.

Columbus has a decent density, for such a big city. The urban density is higher than both Cleveland and Cincinnati and with all the construction downtown it should just continue to go up.

5 hours ago, VintageLife said:

Columbus has a decent density, for such a big city. The urban density is higher than both Cleveland and Cincinnati and with all the construction downtown it should just continue to go up.

Columbus is not denser than Cleveland 😉

Cleveland = 4702 ppl/sqmi

Columbus = 4130 ppl/sqmi

Cincinnati = 4045 ppl/sqmi

Source: US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 City Estimates

2 hours ago, Geowizical said:

Columbus is not denser than Cleveland 😉

Cleveland = 4702 ppl/sqmi

Columbus = 4130 ppl/sqmi

Cincinnati = 4045 ppl/sqmi

Source: US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 City Estimates

I was talking about urban density. Cleveland and Cincinnati have a higher overall density, unless I have outdated info.

If you're talking about Urbanized density, yes, Columbus is the densest of the 3C's, metro-wide.

Columbus - 3,036.4 sq/mi

Cleveland - 2,398.7 sq/mi

Cincinnati - 2,242.2 sq/mi

But regarding city limits, I forget the old city of Columbus density (which is more apples-to-apples) but @jonoh81 has that one.

4 minutes ago, ColDayMan said:

If you're talking about Urbanized density, yes, Columbus is the densest of the 3C's, metro-wide.

Columbus - 3,036.4 sq/mi

Cleveland - 2,398.7 sq/mi

Cincinnati - 2,242.2 sq/mi

But regarding city limits, I forget the old city of Columbus density (which is more apples-to-apples) but @jonoh81 has that one.

Yeah, that’s the one I was referring to.

9 hours ago, ColDayMan said:

If you're talking about Urbanized density, yes, Columbus is the densest of the 3C's, metro-wide.

Columbus - 3,036.4 sq/mi

Cleveland - 2,398.7 sq/mi

Cincinnati - 2,242.2 sq/mi

But regarding city limits, I forget the old city of Columbus density (which is more apples-to-apples) but @jonoh81 has that one.

In 2023, the last info I have was that Columbus was at 227.2 square miles. At 933,263, the density would be 4,107.7. That would be roughly an increase of 97 people per square mile since 2020. If it continued at that pace through 2030, the density by then would be about 4253.4. However, a lot could change between now and then.

Edited May 18May 18 by jonoh81

I really meant for the old city limits before the annexation in today's population/sq mi. I thought you had that number (?).

6 hours ago, ColDayMan said:

I really meant for the old city limits before the annexation in today's population/sq mi. I thought you had that number (?).

Well, in 2020 the old city limits (1950) population was 256,939. The area size for that is 47.077 square miles, giving a 2020 density of 5457.8 ppsm. That was up significantly from 2010 when the density was 4,974.4.

2024 estimates for this area won't be possible until census tract numbers come out towards the end of the year, but in 2023, they had this area showing a population of 250,530 and a density of 5321.7. The loss can be attributed to a few things- estimates tend to perpetually underestimate urban tracts, and Covid did impact urban area populations. As we are seeing, though, Columbus' 2023 number overall was revised up by over 7,000, and 2024 data indicates healthy growth. So it's very possible the losses either weren't that much or the core has already recovered. Housing continues to be built and vacancy rates remain very low.

Density by Core Neighborhood in 2020 (based on 1950 boundaries)

Downtown: 3978.6

Short North: 8550.3

Campus/Weinland Park/Old North: 10350.2

German/Merion Village: 5703.5

Other Near South Side: 7030.7

OTE/KL: 5351.6

Franklinton: 3667.6

Hilltop: 6972.0

Clintonville: 4753.2

South Linden/Milo-Grogan: 2313.2

Edited May 18May 18 by jonoh81

Excellent, thank you!

On 5/18/2025 at 9:03 AM, jonoh81 said:

Well, in 2020 the old city limits (1950) population was 256,939. The area size for that is 47.077 square miles, giving a 2020 density of 5457.8 ppsm. That was up significantly from 2010 when the density was 4,974.4.

2024 estimates for this area won't be possible until census tract numbers come out towards the end of the year, but in 2023, they had this area showing a population of 250,530 and a density of 5321.7. The loss can be attributed to a few things- estimates tend to perpetually underestimate urban tracts, and Covid did impact urban area populations. As we are seeing, though, Columbus' 2023 number overall was revised up by over 7,000, and 2024 data indicates healthy growth. So it's very possible the losses either weren't that much or the core has already recovered. Housing continues to be built and vacancy rates remain very low.

Density by Core Neighborhood in 2020 (based on 1950 boundaries)

Downtown: 3978.6

Short North: 8550.3

Campus/Weinland Park/Old North: 10350.2

German/Merion Village: 5703.5

Other Near South Side: 7030.7

OTE/KL: 5351.6

Franklinton: 3667.6

Hilltop: 6972.0

Clintonville: 4753.2

South Linden/Milo-Grogan: 2313.2

10,000 people per square mile????? Sheeeeesh

7 minutes ago, MyPhoneDead said:

10,000 people per square mile????? Sheeeeesh

What’s even crazier, is that it doesn’t feel like 10,000 people. It’s so easy to get around you don’t even notice. I love living in the area and I’m sure during summer that number is a little different.

And think about how much green space there is on campus.