Downtown Statistics
As you consider living downtown, get to know the facts and figures behind the neighborhood.
Who’s living here?
How do we get here?
What can we do during the day?
How about the nightlife?
What else goes on downtown?
Just what is considered ‘Downtown’?
But, is it safe?
Who’s living here?
- Resident population is estimated at 4,900 at the end of 2007 (3,488 in 2000 Census)
- 3,400 units of housing at the end of 2007 (2,147 in 2000 Census)
- Since 2002, more than 5,000 housing units have been built, are in construction or in the pipeline
How do we get there?
- The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) runs 46 lines in and through downtown
- 35 points of roadway access downtown directly
- The average distance to a grocery store anywhere within downtown is 1.2 miles (compared to two miles in the suburbs)
- Parking spaces, on- and off-street, total 77,000
What can we do during the day?
- 14 parks, including the new North Bank Park and the future Scioto Mile, are located downtown
- 11 gyms and fitness centers operate in downtown
- Nearly 200 retail stores are available for your convenience
- 16 churches offer services downtown
- The Columbus Museum of Art and over two dozen other art galleries call downtown home
How about the nightlife?
- Nearly 200 eating and drinking establishments serve you
- Three dozen bars and nightclubs remain open into the late-night hours
What else goes on downtown?
- 10 million people visit downtown annually for events and conventions
- College enrollment tops 31,000 (Columbus State Community College, Franklin University, Columbus College of Art and Design, Capital University Law School, Grant Medical School)
- Downtown hosts the start and finish to at least eight major 5K runs, the half-marathon and the Columbus Marathon
- Downtown Columbus offers ballet, opera, and many other entertaining performances at downtown venues such as the Ohio Theatre, Palace Theatre, Capitol Theatre at the Riffe Center, Studio Theatres at the Riffe Center, the Southern Theatre and the Arena Grand
- 122,393 people are employed in the 43215 ZIP code
Just what is considered ‘downtown’?
- The downtown area is bounded by I-670, I-71, I-70, and CSX Railroad and State Route 315
- At 2.2 square miles, Downtown Columbus is one of the largest downtowns in the country
- Its size is 1,500 acres or 1 percent of the total size of Columbus
But, is it safe?
- Yes! Statistically, downtown is one of the safest places in central Ohio
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