Median price of valid residential sales each quarter. Through 2025Q2 the series reflects each parcel’s most recent recorded sale (a “last-sale” sample — see notes); from 2025Q3 (dashed line) it reflects complete conveyance records. Click a legend name to hide/show a community.
Is Hilliard becoming less affordable than the region?
Median sale price as a percent of the Franklin County median (100% = same as the county overall). A rising Hilliard line means Hilliard prices are growing faster than the region's.
Income needed to buy the median Hilliard home
Household income required to buy the median-priced Hilliard home without spending more than 30% of income on housing (10% down, prevailing 30-year mortgage rate, plus taxes and insurance), compared with the HUD Area Median Income for the Columbus metro.
Median price per square foot
Normalizes prices across home sizes — useful when the mix of homes sold shifts between quarters.
Typical asking rent
Zillow Observed Rent Index (smoothed, all homes and apartments). Captures what renters face, which sale prices miss. Zillow begins covering smaller cities only once it has enough listings, so some peer lines start mid-series. Data provided by Zillow Group (zillow.com/research/data).
Hilliard sale prices by home type
Median sale price of single-family detached homes vs condos/townhomes in Hilliard. Condos and townhomes are the main lower-cost ownership option; a widening gap means fewer attainable entry points.
Zillow typical home value (ZHVI)
Zillow's smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical home value (35th–65th percentile, all homes). An independent cross-check on the auditor sale medians that is not affected by which homes happened to sell in a quarter. Data provided by Zillow Group (zillow.com/research/data).
New housing units permitted in Hilliard (placeholder — awaiting Building Division data)
Residential units permitted per year, by structure type. Shows whether the housing being added matches the variety the Housing Study calls for — not just how much is built.
Context: who lives here and what's in the housing stock
American Community Survey 5-year estimates (rolling averages — levels and slow trends, not turning points). City-level estimates carry wide margins of error; small year-to-year moves are not meaningful. Updated once a year by the build script.
Median household income
ACS table B19013. Hilliard households out-earn the county — context for why its market bears higher prices.
Renter share of households
ACS table B25003. How much of each community rents rather than owns.
Renters spending 30%+ of income on housing
ACS table B25070 — the cost-burdened share of renter households.
Housing stock by structure type
ACS table B25024, latest release. Shows how little exists between single-family homes and large apartment buildings — the "missing middle" the Housing Study targets.