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Looking for a Columbus Home by Zip Code – Don’t Bother
October 8th, 2008 categories: For Home Buyers, Grandview, Short North
Zip Codes are arbitrary. Certainly you can use a search by zip code feature to find homes for sale in an area you’re interested in but you’ll also get areas you aren’t interested in. When I go on and on about how all real estate is local, that means neighborhood by neighborhood too.
Let’s take 43201 as an example. When someone asks me what zip code the Short North and Italian Village are in, I’d tell them 43201. Take a look at this map of 43201 though, and you’ll see that it also includes virtually all of Ohio State University, parts of Linden, and parts of Grandview. Arbitrary.
Your best bet is to call a Realtor (me) who knows a thing or two about Columbus Neighborhoods. I can make a geographic polygon search for you that is exactly what you want from street to street.
If you’re moving to Columbus for a new position with The Ohio State University, and you search for homes for sale in the vicinity of Ohio State by using 43201, and your search is ordered from the most expensive on down, you may find something you like in a neighborhood you like—maybe something just off Neil Avenue in Victorian Village. If your search is ordered from least expensive to most expensive, however, you’ll find some places you probably don’t want to live.
If someone is looking for a home for sale in Clintonville, I’d suggest 43202 and 43214 because that more than covers it. While there are some outlying communities that would show up like Salem Village just east of I-71, you’d still be more or less in Clintonville/Beechwold/Chaseland.
The Skinny on 43201
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