Cost of Living in Hilliard
Hilliard's cost of living runs genuinely above many other Columbus-region suburbs in property tax specifically, offset by a genuinely affluent median household income.
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Learn moreA genuinely high property tax rate
Hilliard's own effective property tax rate ran 2.34% per Ownwell -- the highest cited within Franklin County per that source, and well above both the Ohio statewide (1.60%) and national (1.02%) medians.
A real, wide housing price spread
Hilliard's cited housing figures carried a genuinely wide spread across sources this pass ($350,707-$477,900), reflecting real differences in methodology and timing -- confirm current comparable sales for a specific target neighborhood.
A genuinely affluent income profile offsets the tax burden
Hilliard's median household income ran approximately $128,189 (2024) -- genuinely well above both the Ohio and national medians, helping offset the city's genuinely high property tax rate.
Key takeaways
- Hilliard's own effective property tax rate (2.34%) runs genuinely high -- the highest cited within Franklin County per one source.
- Housing figures carried a real, wide, disclosed spread ($350,707-$477,900) across sources reviewed.
- Hilliard's median household income (~$128,189) runs genuinely well above state and national medians.
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