Development pulse: building permits by neighborhood
Where is construction money flowing? Search your address to see how your area compares — or click any neighborhood on the map. Switch scope and year, or see where permitting accelerated the most.
Full ranking — all 40 neighborhoods
| Rank | Neighborhood | permits per 1,000 parcels |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fort Hayes | 824 |
| 2 | Wolfe Park | 500 |
| 3 | Airport | 459 |
| 4 | Dublin Road Corridor | 302 |
| 5 | State of Ohio | 250 |
| 6 | Downtown | 220 |
| 7 | German Village | 196 |
| 8 | Clintonville | 195 |
| 9 | Livingston Avenue Area | 176 |
| 10 | Victorian Village | 160 |
| 11 | Near East | 150 |
| 12 | Far North | 147 |
| 13 | South East | 141 |
| 14 | West Scioto | 136 |
| 15 | Far West | 131 |
| 16 | Franklinton | 130 |
| 17 | Far South | 129 |
| 18 | Brewery District | 127 |
| 19 | Far Northwest | 126 |
| 20 | South Side | 123 |
| 21 | Fifth by Northwest | 121 |
| 22 | Mid East | 120 |
| 23 | Southwest | 116 |
| 24 | University District | 115 |
| 25 | Olentangy West | 110 |
| 26 | Italian Village | 109 |
| 27 | Northwest | 107 |
| 28 | Northland | 104 |
| 29 | Far East | 102 |
| 30 | Westland | 100 |
| 31 | Rocky Fork-Blacklick | 98.1 |
| 32 | Northeast | 97.0 |
| 33 | South Linden | 96.8 |
| 34 | Greater Hilltop | 94.3 |
| 35 | North Linden | 92.4 |
| 36 | East Columbus | 86.1 |
| 37 | North Central | 78.7 |
| 38 | Hayden Run | 78.4 |
| 39 | Harrison West | 78.1 |
| 40 | Milo-Grogan | 61.8 |
| — | Harmon Road Corridor | insufficient data |
How to read this map
Permits per 1,000 parcels is the default so the map isn’t just a picture of neighborhood size — a small neighborhood with lots of building activity should stand out. Use the raw-count toggle if you want absolute volume. New construction is the “New structure” permit types; Commercial is the commercial-occupancy permits.
The city records only the year a permit was issued, not the day — so this map works year by year. 2026 is year-to-date (marked YTD), so it will read lower than a full year; that’s why the default view is 2025, the latest complete year. The Growth ’24→’25 view compares two complete years — where permitting sped up (positive) or cooled (negative) — a truer read of momentum than any single year, and not distorted by the partial 2026.
Source: City of Columbus building permits (city open data), refreshed nightly.Neighborhood boundaries are the City of Columbus’s Columbus Communities planning areas (CC0, as of July 23, 2026). The City notes they aren’t a substitute for area commission boundaries. They include some land outside the city limits: township pockets and two small villages, Minerva Park and Valleyview. See methodology for boundary and suppression details. Neighborhoods with too few permits show as “insufficient data” rather than a noisy number.