Housing in North Linden at a glance
- Population
- about 30,233
- Housing units
- about 13,490
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $159,000Columbus: $252,900 (-37%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,130 a monthColumbus: $1,295 (-13%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 57.4%Columbus: 44.1%
- Homes built before 1980
- 92%
- Median year built
- 1955
Oldest and lowest-valued: North Linden holds both distinctions among the ten Columbus sectors. Some 92% of its homes pre-date 1980, the typical one dating from 1955, and owners estimate their homes at just $159,000, 37% under Columbus overall. Yet ownership is strong, since 57.4% of households own, third among the ten, with 13.3 points beyond the city level, counting 7,067 homeowning households against 5,241 renting ones. Rent for tenants has a median of $1,130, ninth of ten. It sits toward the north of Columbus and has 13,490 housing units. Clintonville borders it and is nearly as old, at 88.9% pre-1980, but its owners cite $387,000. University is at $349,000, whereas Northeast, at $183,000, is closest to North Linden's level. Rents sit at the lower end too, 13% below the city level, though not at the very bottom. In headcount, the sector is the smallest in its group, with 30,233 residents and 13,490 housing units.
Questions about North Linden
What is the median home value in North Linden, Columbus?
$159,000 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 North Linden?
$1,130 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 North Linden own or rent?
Most own: 57.4% 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 9 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.
North Linden is one of the 10 most populous of 21 area commissions of Columbus: estimated population about 30,233 (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 North Linden
The closest sectors of Columbus, by distance between population centres.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in North Linden. 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
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