What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Southwest Airport?
Southwest Airport is ranked #111 of 202 eligible neighborhoods in Columbus; #240 of 481 eligible neighborhoods in OH; and #9,142 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Southwest Airport
Columbus, OH | Franklin County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
45.8
Stability and Strength
44.0
Value Opportunity
50.3
Momentum
42.2
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Columbus, OH |
| County | Franklin County |
| National rank | #9,142 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #240 of 481 |
| City rank | #111 of 202 |
| County rank | #123 of 215 |
| National percentile | 38.9 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $283,830 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 0.6% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.24% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.60 |
| Median household income | $61,681 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 26.0% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 2.4% |
| Homeownership rate | 55.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 9.1% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 56.1% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Southwest Airport
Is Southwest Airport one of the best neighborhoods in Columbus?
Southwest Airport has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 45.8 and a city ranking of #111 of 202 eligible neighborhoods in Columbus.
How much are homes worth in Southwest Airport?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Southwest Airport is approximately $283,830.
Are home values rising or falling in Southwest Airport?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 0.6% year over year and -0.24% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Southwest Airport?
Southwest Airport has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 42.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Southwest Airport?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $61,681.
How affordable is Southwest Airport relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.60. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Southwest Airport primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 55.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Southwest Airport?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 2.4%.
How educated are residents of Southwest Airport?
Approximately 26.0% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Southwest Airport face high rent burden?
Approximately 56.1% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Southwest Airport?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications71
Estimated originations45
Home-purchase applications32
Origination rate64.0%
Home-purchase share45.1%
Average application loan$263,445
Total application loan amount$18,677,870
National application rank#5,760 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 10.4% YoY; originations 18.6% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.