Italian Village
Italian Village sits in the seam between downtown Columbus and OSU, which is exactly why the rent line keeps climbing and the median age keeps dropping. The brick worker cottages are mostly restored now, Fourth Street has acquired the requisite natural wine bar, and the new-build infill on High Street is doing its level best to look older than it is. The dating tradeoff is clean: walkability to Short North galleries and a credible bench of bars within a six-block radius, in exchange for Short North prices and partners who mostly moved here in the last eighteen months.
Italian Village by the numbers
Italian Village runs male-heavy, about 52% men to 48% women.
Median individual income in Italian Village is about $23,100.
Ohio has no party registration, so this is a 2024 election proxy: Franklin County voted about 63% Harris to 35% Trump, a strongly Democratic island in a Republican state.
The median renter in Italian Village pays about $1,330 a month.
About 22,600 Italian Village residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Marcella's
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Lola & Giuseppe's Trattoria
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Shake No Eight
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Good Night John Boy
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Oddfellows Liquor Bar
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City Tavern
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Ohio History Center
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Orton Geological Museum
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Metsi's
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Bada Bean Bada Booze
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DUECENTO
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The Torpedo Room
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I Scream Gelato - Ohio State Campus
LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access - Italian VillageCafés
Late Night Desserts
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Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
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Apt. B
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Accent Wine Parlor
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Thirsty's Pub Italian Village