Digital divide
Where do households go without home internet? This map shows the share of households without a home broadband subscription across Columbus neighborhoods. Search your address or click any neighborhood, and switch between “no home broadband” and “no internet at all”.
Full ranking — all 41 neighborhoods
| Rank | Neighborhood | households without home broadband (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harmon Road Corridor | 23.0% |
| 2 | South Linden | 19.8% |
| 3 | State of Ohio | 19.5% |
| 4 | East Columbus | 19.3% |
| 5 | Airport | 19.2% |
| 6 | Franklinton | 18.9% |
| 7 | Milo-Grogan | 17.3% |
| 8 | South Side | 14.9% |
| 9 | North Central | 14.6% |
| 10 | Livingston Avenue Area | 13.7% |
| 11 | Mid East | 12.6% |
| 12 | North Linden | 11.8% |
| 13 | Southwest | 10.6% |
| 14 | South East | 10.2% |
| 15 | Olentangy West | 9.9% |
| 16 | Greater Hilltop | 9.8% |
| 17 | Near East | 9.1% |
| 18 | Northeast | 8.9% |
| 19 | Far South | 8.6% |
| 20 | University District | 8.2% |
| 21 | Downtown | 7.9% |
| 22 | Northland | 7.3% |
| 23 | Far East | 7.1% |
| 24 | Fort Hayes | 6.6% |
| 25 | Fifth by Northwest | 6.1% |
| 26 | Northwest | 5.8% |
| 27 | Italian Village | 5.7% |
| 28 | Harrison West | 5.1% |
| 29 | Westland | 4.8% |
| 30 | Victorian Village | 4.2% |
| 31 | Clintonville | 4.1% |
| 32 | Rocky Fork-Blacklick | 3.9% |
| 33 | Far West | 3.7% |
| 34 | Wolfe Park | 3.5% |
| 35 | Far Northwest | 3.4% |
| 36 | German Village | 2.9% |
| 37 | West Scioto | 2.6% |
| 38 | Dublin Road Corridor | 2.3% |
| 39 | Brewery District | 2.2% |
| 40 | Hayden Run | 2.1% |
| 41 | Far North | 1.8% |
How to read this map
This is the adoption side of the digital divide — the share of households that don’t have a home broadband subscription, from the U.S. Census American Community Survey. We show each neighborhood as the area-weighted average of the census tracts it covers, so a warmer color means more households are offline. The “no internet at all” tab is the sharper measure: households with no internet access of any kind.
Adoption is not the same as availability: a household may have broadband for sale on its street but not subscribe — often a question of cost. A map of where high-speed service is physically offered (FCC data) is a planned complement.
Source: U.S. Census ACS 5-year table B28002 (internet subscriptions), by census tract, intersected with Census TIGER/Line tract boundaries. See methodology for details.