Housing in Mideast at a glance
- Population
- about 55,523
- Housing units
- about 25,511
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $167,000Columbus: $252,900 (-34%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,120 a monthColumbus: $1,295 (-14%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 39.4%Columbus: 44.1%
- Homes built before 1980
- 79.6%
- Median year built
- 1964
Mideast is the least costly place to rent in Columbus, going by the ten sectors measured: its median gross rent of $1,120 is the lowest, 14% under the city level. Owners also value their homes lower, at $167,000, which trails Columbus overall by 34% and ranks ninth. Age explains part of that, because 79.6% of the housing was built before 1980, third among the ten, and a typical home goes back to 1964. With 55,523 residents east of the population centre, renters lead with 14,234 households against 9,268 owners. Far East next door has newer stock, built around 1991, and valuations of $262,000. Northeast owners estimate $183,000, and Greater South East owners $206,000. Greater South East is the only neighbour with a clearly higher rent, a median $1,280, and its owner share of 48.8% also tops Mideast's 39.4%, which falls 4.7 points short of the city.
Questions about Mideast
What is the median home value in Mideast, Columbus?
$167,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $252,900 for Columbus as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Mideast?
$1,120 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,295 in Columbus (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Mideast own or rent?
Most rent: 39.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 44.1% in Columbus (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 17 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Mideast is one of the 10 most populous of 21 area commissions of Columbus: estimated population about 55,523 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Columbus GIS, Area Commissions, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Columbus as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Mideast
The closest sectors of Columbus, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Columbus
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Mideast. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Mideast? Ask for your spot.