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Dublin, OH

City evidence stays city-level. County, metro and national records appear separately to explain the wider market without changing the city figures.

City gross yield3.8%ZORI × 12 ÷ ZHVI · before costs
Direct city rent answer

What does rent cost in Dublin, OH?

The latest city-level Zillow ZORI for Dublin is $1,813 per month in 2026-06. It measures a typical asking-rent market across rental types—not an arithmetic average or an address-level rent estimate.

City Zillow ZORI$1,8132026-06 · up 1.1% year over year
City ACS gross rent$1,686ACS 2024 5-year occupied-renter survey
HUD two-bedroom contextn/aCity intersects 3 counties; no county selected
How to read the rent answer for Dublin
MeasureCurrent valueGeographyMeasurement boundary
Zillow ZORI$1,813Dublin cityTypical observed asking-rent index; not a unit quote.
Census ACS gross rent$1,686Dublin citySurvey estimate for occupied renter homes, including specified utilities.
HUD 2BR FMRn/aNo single countyAdministrative bedroom standard; wider context, never substituted as city rent.

For a property decision, match bedroom count, condition, utilities, concessions, lease timing and nearby comparable listings. Wider county and metro evidence below stays explicitly labelled.Zillow pulled 2026-07-29

City market snapshot

Four figures that frame the city

Typical home value
$575k
▲ 1.0% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · 2026-06
Observed market rent
$1,813
▲ 1.1% year over year
Zillow ZORI · 2026-06
Entry affordability
3.6x
home value ÷ household income
Zillow + Census ACS
Population
49,294
▲ 6.0% between ACS vintages
ACS 2024 5-year
Current measured evidence

Use the source-dated charts while the narrative is refreshed

The city facts below remain available because they are generated directly from the current public records. The written interpretation will return only after it matches the same evidence set.

Housing system

Market movement and the stock underneath it

Five-year path

Price and rent, rebased to 100

ZHVI +31.2%ZORI +26.3%
13111395202120222023202420252026
Each series starts at 100 so their direction can be compared without pretending that a home value and a monthly rent share the same unit.
Housing stock

Tenure and vacancy

ACS
22.9%RENTER
Owner occupied77.1%
Renter occupied22.9%
Vacant units3.5%

Median structure year 1996

Tenure uses occupied units; vacancy uses all housing units.
Measurement matrix

Two sources, two different questions

SourceHome valueMonthly rent
Zillow market index$574.8K$1.8K
ACS occupied housing$563.5K$1.7K
Zillow measures current market indexes. ACS reports surveyed owner value and gross rent for occupied housing. The rows are context, not interchangeable estimates.
Direct local rental evidence

Recent leases and rental-market liquidity in Dublin, OH

These Apartment List observations match the exact city Census code 3922694. They are kept separate from Zillow asking rent, Census occupied-home rent and wider metro measures.

Direct recent-lease rent history

Monthly overall-rent index; missing observations are not filled from another geography.

$1,828$1,668$1,5082021-082026-07
Recent-lease rent$1,7712026-07 · -3.0% year over year
Rental vacancyn/an/a
Time on marketn/an/a
Direct city depth

Households and housing form behind the medians

Median household income$160k

Annual ACS household measure.

Rent-to-income screen13.6%

Annual ZORI divided by ACS median income.

ACS rent burden35.4%

Renters paying at least 30% of household income toward gross rent.

Average household size2.72

People per occupied housing unit.

Single-family stock81.1%

Detached and attached one-unit structures.

Large multifamily stock8.0%

Housing in structures with 20 or more units.

Vacant and for rent35.7%

Share of vacant units listed by ACS as for rent, not a market vacancy rate.

Unemployment2.5%

Share of the civilian labor force.

Poverty3.2%

ACS population for whom poverty status is determined.

These are citywide context measures. They cannot tell you the rent, vacancy, expenses or tenant demand for a particular neighborhood or property.
Closest market alternatives

Three useful contrasts, not a synthetic winner

The peer set broadens the decision without mixing geographies. Price, rent and housing characteristics remain city-level for every place.

Comparable market profile

Entry price, rent and gross yield

Dublin, OHColumbus, OHHamilton, OHCoeur d'Alene, ID
Typical home valueZillow ZHVIDublin$574.8KColumbus$251.3KHamilton$310.6KCoeur d'Alene$611.4KObserved market rentZillow ZORI / monthDublin$1.8KColumbus$1.5KHamilton$1.6KCoeur d'Alene$1.8KGross yieldZORI × 12 ÷ ZHVIDublin3.8%Columbus7.0%Hamilton6.2%Coeur d'Alene3.5%
Bars begin at zero within each measure. Gross yield is a screening ratio before financing, taxes, insurance, vacancy, maintenance or management costs.
Same metro01

Columbus, OH

Compared with Dublin, typical home value is $323k lower, monthly rent is $357 lower, and gross yield is 3.2 percentage points higher.

Rent burden 30%+
46.6%
Renter share
55.9%
One-unit stock
54.6%
20+ unit stock
12.3%
Same state02

Hamilton, OH

Compared with Dublin, typical home value is $264k lower, monthly rent is $196 lower, and gross yield is 2.5 percentage points higher.

Rent burden 30%+
45.4%
Renter share
45.7%
One-unit stock
72.9%
20+ unit stock
5.7%
Closest data profile03

Coeur d'Alene, ID

Compared with Dublin, typical home value is $37k higher, monthly rent is $6 lower, and gross yield is 0.2 percentage points lower.

Rent burden 30%+
56.6%
Renter share
40.5%
One-unit stock
70.4%
20+ unit stock
8.1%

These are analytical alternatives, not recommendations. The structural measures come from Census ACS; price and rent use the Zillow releases shown on each card and in the source ledger below.

Wider market context

What surrounds the city without being mistaken for it

The layers below answer different questions. County records describe listing, migration, financing and hazard conditions around the city; metro records describe jobs, supply and permits; the mortgage rate is national.

Same measure, wider boundary

City marker against intersecting counties

CityCounty range
Typical home value$301.3K$524.7K$574.8KObserved market rent$1.5K$1.7K$1.8K
Both levels use Zillow indexes, but the county records cover land and housing outside the city. The comparison supplies context; it does not replace the city value.
Same Zillow index families

City limits versus the linked metro

DublinMetro
Observed market rentMetro $1.5KCity $1.8K · +18.7%Typical home valueMetro $335.4KCity $574.8K · +71.4%Gross yieldMetro 5.5%City 3.8% · -30.8%
Zillow ZORI and ZHVI use the same release month at both boundaries. Gross yield is rent × 12 ÷ home value; the metro contains the city and is context, not a substitute.

Search all direct city–metro gaps in the interactive atlas.

COUNTY LAYER

All 3 intersecting counties

Rows stay separate; no unweighted county average is presented as a city fact.

2026-06
Active listings
512
Listing DOM
34 days
FHFA one-year
▲ 6.3%
Net migration
965
Investor share
4.6%
Effective property tax
1.60%
Top hazard
inland flooding
Expected loss ratio
0.11%
2026-06
Active listings
2,289
Listing DOM
37 days
FHFA one-year
▲ 3.2%
Net migration
-2,436
Investor share
11.3%
Effective property tax
1.47%
Top hazard
inland flooding
Expected loss ratio
0.10%
2026-06
Active listings
178
Listing DOM
45 days
FHFA one-year
▲ 3.5%
Net migration
589
Investor share
2.9%
Effective property tax
1.14%
Top hazard
inland flooding
Expected loss ratio
0.12%
METRO LAYER

Columbus, OH

Open metro analysis →
Job growth▲ 0.6%12m to 2026-06
Permitted units12,3942026 YTD through M06
Permits / 1,0005.7broader metro population
Months of supply2.52026-05-01
Median DOM40 daysRedfin metro tracker
Price drops25.2%Redfin metro tracker
Wider-context figures are not inputs to the city gross yield and are never used to fill a missing city price, rent or ACS measure.
Sources and geography

What belongs to this city page

Census recognizes this as Dublin city. The place intersects 3 counties (Delaware County, Franklin County, Union County); population and ACS measures are place-wide.