The Zumper Columbus Metro Report analyzed active listings in December 2018 across 7 metro cities to show the most and least expensive cities and cities with the fastest growing rents. The Ohio state median one bedroom rent was $766 last month.

Cities Ranked By Rent

The Most Expensive

–Grandview Heights, OH saw rent drop $40 to $1,320 but remained the priciest city in the metro.

–Dublin, OH was the second most expensive city with rent growing $60 to $1,190.

–Hillard, OH continued to rank as third with rent at $960.

The Least Expensive

–Heath, OH ranked as the most affordable city with one bedrooms priced at $590.

–Delaware, OH rent grew $20 to $700 but stayed the second least expensive in the metro.

–Whitehall, OH was third with rent at $730.

Growth Rate

The Fastest Growing (Y/Y%)

–Heath, OH had the fastest growing rent since this time last year, up 15.7%.

Columbus, OH rent followed quickly behind with a 15.6% year over year growth rate.

–Dublin, OH was third with rent climbing 15.5%.

The Fastest Growing (M/M%)

Full Data

1 Bedroom2 Bedrooms
Pos.CityPriceM/M %Y/Y %PriceM/M %Y/Y %
1Grandview Heights$1,320-2.90%1.50%$1,5600.00%9.90%
2Dublin$1,1905.30%15.50%$1,4100.70%12.80%
3Hilliard$9600.00%14.30%$1,1802.60%7.30%
4Columbus$740-1.30%15.60%$1,0700.0%12.6%
5Whitehall$7301.40%14.10%$8900.0%6.0%
6Delaware$7002.90%14.80%$840-4.5%15.1%
7Heath$5901.70%15.70%$8002.6%6.7%

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The Zumper Columbus Metro Report analyzed active listings that hit the market last month. Listings are aggregated by city to calculate median asking rents.

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