Blacklick EstatesOH
It is a town of 8,389 residents in Ohio.
Is Blacklick Estates a good place to live?
Blacklick Estates grades C− overall and ranks 872nd of 987 in Ohio. On that grade it does better than just over a fifth of U.S. towns. The weak point is health: residents are less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Schools are weaker too — its public schools trail 64% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation. Its best grade is for walkability: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 63% of U.S. towns. At about $208K, a typical home costs 2.5 years of the Columbus metro’s $82K median household income. Only 35 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Refugee Preserve, at 34 acres.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
99% of working residents leave Blacklick Estates for work
Where Blacklick Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Blacklick Estates grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Blacklick Estates is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Ohio Stadium and 32 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Blacklick Estates. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
10 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
11 mi Stadium & arenaValue City Arena
22 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and Aquarium
6 mi MuseumOhio Governor's MansionPhoto credits
Ohio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ohio Governor's Mansion: Bwsmith84 (talk), CC BY 3.0
Moving to Blacklick Estates: who provides what
Blacklick Estates is unincorporated, so Franklin County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Blacklick Estates.
Blacklick Estates has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to Columbus and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
More of Blacklick Estates’ adults feel lonely than in the typical Ohio or U.S. town
The share of adults 18 to 64 in Blacklick Estates who have no health insurance is 10%, against 7.7% in Ohio’s towns and 8.1% across U.S. towns. 20% of Blacklick Estates adults report frequent mental distress. Of 32 CDC measures, Blacklick Estates beats the Ohio average on 1 and trails it on 12.
| Blacklick Estates | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 34% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Blacklick Estates | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.2% | 8.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.8% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About half of Blacklick Estates’ working residents commute to Columbus
Blacklick Estates has 554 jobs for its 4,391 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most people who work leave Blacklick Estates to do it: just 1% work in town. The share of residents in Blacklick Estates who live below the poverty line is 13%, above both the Ohio town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Blacklick Estates’ mean commuting time is 21 minutes. The top destinations are Columbus (47%), Groveport (4%) and Obetz (3%).
| Blacklick Estates | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Blacklick Estates, mostly inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $258 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
In Blacklick Estates, the risk rating from FEMA is 68 of 100. Since 1979, Blacklick Estates has seen 32 flood insurance claims paid out. 68% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 13%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Blacklick Estates: four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For cost of living, Blacklick Estates earns a B
At 2.5 years of the Columbus metro’s $82K median household income, the typical home (about $208K) costs less against local pay than in 78% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
Blacklick Estates’ going rate for rent comes in at $1,358 a month. Homes in the town are typically worth about $208,000, down 1.5% in a year, 15% below the Ohio typical home. A home in Blacklick Estates typically sold within 45 days of listing.
| Blacklick Estates | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,358 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 77% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Protected land: 4.6% of Blacklick Estates
3 parks and preserves cover 56 acres in Blacklick Estates.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Refugee Preserve | — | 34 |
| 2. Deems Parkland | — | 19 |
| 3. Columbus and Franklin County Metropark District | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Blacklick Estates
Colleges nearby
11 within 15 miles of the center of Blacklick Estates
About 6 of every 100 Blacklick Estates residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Blacklick Estates
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Blacklick Estates is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin County, Ohio, United States: partly in Madison Township and partly in Truro Township. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,990.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 751 ft
Blacklick Estates’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Blacklick Estates.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacklick Estates | #872 | C− | B | — | C+ | C− |
| Madison Township | #464 | B | C+ | A | C+ | B− |
| Truro Township | #669 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | B− |
Blacklick Estates and Truro Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Blacklick Estates with a neighbor →
Questions about Blacklick Estates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Blacklick Estates, OH a good place to live?
Blacklick Estates grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #872 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Blacklick Estates, OH expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.