Living in Trabue Road Area, Columbus: Homes, Rent, and Complaints
This page covers the area north of the Hilltop and south of Upper Arlington, around Trabue Road and Dublin Road, including the apartment complexes off Trabue Road. Westgate is on the South Hilltop / Westgate page.
About half the homes here are rented. Homes cost much more than in most of Columbus, and rent is a little higher. Mold complaints, mostly leaks in apartment complexes, come up about four times as often as in most of Columbus. Landlord and heat complaints also come up more often.
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What the homes are like in Trabue Rd Area
The homes in Trabue Rd Area look a lot like Columbus as a whole.
| Trabue Rd Area | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| Rented | 47% | 56% |
| Single-family houses | 55% | 55% |
| Rentals that are houses | 18% | 27% |
| Built before 1940 | 18% | 12% |
| Built before 1980 | 42% | 50% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income | 48% | 47% |
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 Trabue 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 | Trabue Rd Area | Columbus |
|---|---|---|
| Homes | ||
| Homes (housing units) | 8,510 | 425,180 |
| Rented | 47% | 56% |
| Lived in by the owner | 53% | 44% |
| Empty (any reason) | 6% | 8% |
| Empty and for rent | 1%* | 2% |
| Empty and for sale | 0%* | 0% |
| Empty for other reasons | 3%* | 4% |
| Buildings | ||
| Single-family houses | 55% | 55% |
| 2 to 4 units | 10% | 13% |
| 5 to 19 units | 20% | 20% |
| 20 or more units | 15% | 12% |
| Mobile homes and other | 0%* | 1% |
| Rentals that are single-family houses | 18% | 27% |
| Age | ||
| Built before 1940 | 18% | 12% |
| Built 1940 to 1979 | 24% | 38% |
| Built 1980 to 1999 | 34% | 26% |
| Built 2000 or later | 24% | 24% |
| Typical year built | 1985 | 1980 |
| Costs | ||
| Typical rent, with utilities | $1,400 | $1,300 |
| Renters spending 30%+ of income on rent | 48% | 47% |
| Renters spending 50%+ of income on rent | 22% | 23% |
| Typical home value (owner estimate) | $400,000 | $250,000 |
| Who stays | ||
| Renters who moved in 2020 or later | 64% | 50% |
| Owners who moved in before 2010 | 49% | 43% |
| Conditions | ||
| More than one person per room | 1%* | 3% |
| Missing complete plumbing | 1%* | 1% |
| Missing a complete kitchen | 1%* | 2% |
Renting or buying in Trabue Rd Area
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What neighbors report in Trabue Rd Area
From 458 complaints filed with the city, January 2025 to September 2026.
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About 81,000 complaints across the city, including 458 in Trabue Rd Area, plotted block by block. Filter by problem, search any address, or zoom in to any street.
How do reports in Trabue Rd Area compare with the rest of Columbus?
Show the detailed stats for all 14 categories
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Mold / Water Damage 54 reports · 11.8% of all |
3.9× | — | |
Landlord / Management 55 reports · 12.0% of all |
3.0× | — | |
HVAC / Utilities 28 reports · 6.1% of all |
2.5× | — | — |
Safety 16 reports · 3.5% of all |
2.1× | — | — |
Roaches 6 reports · 1.3% of all |
1.8× | — | — |
Noise 10 reports · 2.2% of all |
1.8× | — | — |
Sewage 7 reports · 1.5% of all |
1.5× | — | — |
Pest / Rodent 41 reports · 9.0% of all |
1.3× | — | |
Rats 25 reports · 5.5% of all |
1.1× | — | — |
Vehicles 52 reports · 11.4% of all |
0.98× | — | |
Encampment 6 reports · 1.3% of all |
0.81× | — | — |
Overgrowth 134 reports · 29.3% of all |
0.66× | → Steady | |
Trash 61 reports · 13.3% of all |
0.65× | ↓ Decreasing | |
Vacant Structure 7 reports · 1.5% of all |
0.22× | — | — |
Common questions about Trabue Rd Area
Which streets in Trabue Rd Area have the most complaints?
Ranked by complaints per address, the most-reported stretches are the 2100 to 2799 blocks of Quarry Valley Rd. Each one is roughly a hundred addresses, so check the exact address before drawing conclusions.
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What problems show up most in Trabue Rd Area's city records?
Higher than normal rate of mold, landlord, heat and utility, and safety complaints.
Compared with the rest of Columbus, Trabue Rd Area sees mold and water damage reports about 4 times as often as usual, and landlord and management complaints and heating and utility complaints 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 Trabue Rd Area?
Trabue Rd Area is a mix of houses and apartment buildings, about half of them rented. The homes in Trabue Rd Area look a lot like Columbus as a whole. In the 2020–2024 Census survey, the typical renter paid about $1,400 a month with utilities, against $1,300 across Columbus, and the typical owner valued their home at about $400,000, 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 15% of reports. The most-reported stretch is the 2100 to 2799 blocks of Quarry Valley Rd, with 27 reports from 23 addresses. For any specific address, run a Block Report to see what has been reported there and next door.
Are reports in Trabue Rd Area going up or down?
They are steady. So far this year Trabue Rd Area has logged about the same number of reports as the same months last year.
How serious are the reports in Trabue Rd Area?
29% of the reports for Trabue 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 rest of West Side and its next-door neighbors and Columbus as a whole. Lower is calmer.
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How do I report a problem in Trabue 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 Trabue Rd Area know?
Tenants in this area most often report mold and water damage problems and landlord and management problems. Fixing leaks fast and venting bathrooms prevents the complaints that recur most here.
Is Trabue 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 458 records for Trabue Rd Area, 16 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.
Know Your Block is a free public tool that shows what Columbus residents report to the city's code enforcement office: rats, mold, no heat, sewage backups, drug activity, noise, vacant buildings, and the other property and quality-of-life problems that a listing or a tour will not tell you about — the stuff Zillow and Apartments.com don't show. The live map plots every report in the city, and a Block Report checks one address, the building it sits in, and the block around it. This page and the other neighborhood pages are computed from the same records, so the numbers here match what you would find on the map. There is no account and no fee. More about the project.
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.