What is the population of Worthington city?

Worthington city has 14,754 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #121 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Worthington city?

Median household income in Worthington city is $124,734 a year, 58.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Worthington city?

Median gross rent is $1,153 a month and the median home value is $417,700, so rent absorbs about 11.1% of median household income.

Is Worthington city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Worthington city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Worthington, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Worthington, Ohio (Worthington, OH — Census place “Worthington city”) is 14,754 residents, ranking #121 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $124,734, the median home is worth $417,700 and median gross rent runs $1,153 a month. Looking for the Worthington Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Worthington, OH: 43085.

Population: 14,754Worthington city residents
Median household income: $124,734Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $417,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,153Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 82.9%Owner-occupied households

Worthington ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Worthington.

The Worthington OH ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

43085

What the numbers mean in Worthington city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Worthington city median would spend about 11.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.9% of residents and 82.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Worthington city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Worthington city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 14,754 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #121 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 42.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Worthington city earn a median of $124,734 a year, 58.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 88% above the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 2.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Worthington city is valued at $417,700, 37.7% above the national figure and 148% above the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,153 a month, 18% below the national figure, or roughly $13,836 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 82.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Worthington city?: Worthington city has 14,754 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #121 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Worthington city?: Median household income in Worthington city is $124,734 a year, 58.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Worthington city?: Median gross rent is $1,153 a month and the median home value is $417,700, so rent absorbs about 11.1% of median household income.
Is Worthington city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Worthington city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Worthington city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.