Living in Brice Rd Area, Columbus: Homes, Rent, and Complaints
This is the far east edge of Columbus along Brice Road and East Broad Street, where city land meets Reynoldsburg, the village of Brice, and pockets of Truro Township. If an address is in Reynoldsburg, Brice, or Truro Township, report problems there, not to Columbus 311.
Most homes were built after 1980, and most are lived in by their owners. Homes cost more than in most of Columbus, but rent is about the same. Encampment complaints, mostly tent camps in wooded areas behind businesses, come up about three times as often as in most of Columbus. Mold and landlord complaints also come up more often.
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What the homes are like in Brice Rd Area
The homes in Brice Rd Area look a lot like Columbus as a whole.
| Brice Rd Area | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| Rented | 36% | 56% |
| Single-family houses | 67% | 55% |
| Rentals that are houses | 20% | 27% |
| Built before 1940 | 1%* | 12% |
| Built before 1980 | 19% | 50% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income | 43% | 47% |
* Small sample here, so read this one as approximate.
Census 2020–2024 medians in 2024 dollars: what people already living here paid or think their home is worth. Today’s listings usually ask more. Use these to compare places, not to budget.
All housing numbers for Brice Rd Area
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 2020–2024 five-year estimates, for the same map area as the reports on this page. These are survey estimates, rounded. Small areas have wider margins of error. * Low confidence: the survey’s margin of error is wide for this number here.
| Measure | Brice Rd Area | Columbus |
|---|---|---|
| Homes | ||
| Homes (housing units) | 14,400 | 425,180 |
| Rented | 36% | 56% |
| Lived in by the owner | 64% | 44% |
| Empty (any reason) | 3% | 8% |
| Empty and for rent | 1%* | 2% |
| Empty and for sale | 0%* | 0% |
| Empty for other reasons | 1%* | 4% |
| Buildings | ||
| Single-family houses | 67% | 55% |
| 2 to 4 units | 7% | 13% |
| 5 to 19 units | 20% | 20% |
| 20 or more units | 5% | 12% |
| Mobile homes and other | 1%* | 1% |
| Rentals that are single-family houses | 20% | 27% |
| Age | ||
| Built before 1940 | 1%* | 12% |
| Built 1940 to 1979 | 17% | 38% |
| Built 1980 to 1999 | 42% | 26% |
| Built 2000 or later | 39% | 24% |
| Typical year built | 1996 | 1980 |
| Costs | ||
| Typical rent, with utilities | $1,350 | $1,300 |
| Renters spending 30%+ of income on rent | 43% | 47% |
| Renters spending 50%+ of income on rent | 17% | 23% |
| Typical home value (owner estimate) | $300,000 | $250,000 |
| Who stays | ||
| Renters who moved in 2020 or later | 47% | 50% |
| Owners who moved in before 2010 | 37% | 43% |
| Conditions | ||
| More than one person per room | 3% | 3% |
| Missing complete plumbing | 1%* | 1% |
| Missing a complete kitchen | 2%* | 2% |
Renting or buying in Brice Rd Area
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What neighbors report in Brice Rd Area
From 506 complaints filed with the city, January 2025 to September 2026.
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About 81,000 complaints across the city, including 506 in Brice Rd Area, plotted block by block. Filter by problem, search any address, or zoom in to any street.
How do reports in Brice Rd Area compare with the rest of Columbus?
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Every category with at least 5 reports here. Category names link to the citywide guide.
| Category | vs citywide | Trend · 2026 vs 2025 | By month · Jan – Dec |
|---|---|---|---|
Encampment 23 reports · 4.5% of all |
2.8× | — | — |
Mold / Water Damage 40 reports · 7.9% of all |
2.6× | → Steady | |
Roaches 9 reports · 1.8% of all |
2.5× | — | — |
Landlord / Management 48 reports · 9.5% of all |
2.4× | — | |
Pest / Rodent 49 reports · 9.7% of all |
1.4× | → Steady | |
Sewage 6 reports · 1.2% of all |
1.2× | — | — |
Noise 7 reports · 1.4% of all |
1.1× | — | — |
Safety 9 reports · 1.8% of all |
1.05× | — | — |
Rats 22 reports · 4.3% of all |
0.91× | — | — |
Vehicles 52 reports · 10.3% of all |
0.89× | — | |
Overgrowth 176 reports · 34.8% of all |
0.78× | ↑ Increasing | |
Trash 68 reports · 13.4% of all |
0.65× | ↑ Increasing | |
HVAC / Utilities 7 reports · 1.4% of all |
0.57× | — | — |
Vacant Structure 7 reports · 1.4% of all |
0.20× | — | — |
Common questions about Brice Rd Area
What problems show up most in Brice Rd Area's city records?
Higher than normal rate of encampment, mold, roach, landlord, and pest complaints.
Compared with the rest of Columbus, Brice Rd Area sees encampment reports about three times as often as usual, and mold and water damage reports and roach reports are also more common than in most of the city. The full category table above compares every complaint type against the citywide rate.
What is the housing like in Brice Rd Area?
Brice Rd Area is mostly single-family houses, most of them lived in by their owners. The homes in Brice Rd Area look a lot like Columbus as a whole. In the 2020–2024 Census survey, the typical renter paid about $1,350 a month with utilities, against $1,300 across Columbus, and the typical owner valued their home at about $300,000, against $250,000. Those are what current residents paid or estimated over five years, not what listings ask today.
Are the problems concentrated in a few buildings?
Reports here are neither tightly clustered nor fully spread out. The ten most-reported addresses hold about 16% of reports. For any specific address, run a Block Report to see what has been reported there and next door.
Are reports in Brice Rd Area going up or down?
Up. Reports so far this year are running about 22% ahead of the same months last year. Most of the change is in overgrowth complaints and trash complaints.
How serious are the reports in Brice Rd Area?
22% of the reports for Brice Rd Area are rated severe or critical, such as sewage, no heat, mold, or an active infestation, against 16% citywide. More of the reports here are serious than in Columbus overall. The rest are moderate or low, like tall grass, trash, or a junk car.
Share of reports rated severe or critical, next to the places next door and Columbus as a whole. Lower is calmer.
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How do I report a problem in Brice Rd Area?
Reports are what inspectors act on. If you see pests, mold, or no heat, report it to 311. It becomes part of the public record you're reading now. Overgrowth complaints here peak in June. If that is your problem, report it when it starts. Do not wait for the busiest month.
What should landlords and property owners in Brice Rd Area know?
Tenants in this area most often report encampment problems and mold and water damage problems. Responding to tenant reports before they reach 311 keeps a property out of this dataset.
Is Brice Rd Area safe?
This site does not track crime, so it cannot answer that. It tracks what residents report to the city about property and living conditions. Of the 506 records for Brice Rd Area, 9 are safety complaints such as gas leaks, exposed wiring, or missing smoke detectors. For crime data, use the Columbus Division of Police. For one specific address, run a Block Report.
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Data comes from official City of Columbus code enforcement records (Accela portal + ArcGIS REST API). Comparison figures are computed against the full citywide dataset; "above the citywide rate" means a category's share of complaints in this neighborhood is higher than its share citywide. Complaints are reports filed with the city — they may be unverified, resolved, or in dispute. Categories are assigned by automated keyword matching and may include mismatches. Individual property records are surfaced through search, not listed on this page. Housing figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), split onto this page's map area by where each Census block's homes sit, so they cover the same ground as the reports. They describe homes, not people, and they are survey estimates with margins of error.