Pataskala, Ohio.
Typical home $389,204 (+3.2% in a year), asking rent $2,090 . Columbus, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Pataskala
Pataskala’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Pataskala is in Licking County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in 2 school districts: Licking Heights Local and Southwest Licking Local. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,164 (+133%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,113 +3%
- $377,091$389,204 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $87,233 +29%
- $301,971$389,204 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Pataskala$2,043
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Pataskala, OH rose 3.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Pataskala, Licking County, Ohio
Pataskala is a city of 17,886 people in Licking County. Half its households earn more than $92,033 a year and half less, against $84,426 across Licking County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in Licking County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 4.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Pataskala is a small city in Licking County, east of Columbus. Most homes here are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run above the county's. Poverty is uncommon, and the typical home costs a good deal to buy or rent. Winters are cold, with highs near freezing in January and a fair amount of snow, while July brings warm summer days.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, and in professional and business services. The largest workplaces in Pataskala include Licking Heights Local Schools, Kroger Columbus KMA and Foundations Health Solutions. Unemployment across Licking County has come down from a year earlier, and the county has added jobs. A commute to work is a fairly long one, and some residents work from home.
Things to do. For a day out, Columbus is the main draw, a longer drive away. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is a good choice for families, and the Columbus Museum of Art offers a quieter afternoon among paintings and sculpture. Inniswood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve is a botanical garden, also a longer drive away, for a walk among plantings.
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- 6,920households
- 29%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 19%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Licking County had 75,544 jobs in 2025, 4.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 65°. About 28 inches of snow and 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Columbus Port Columbus International Airport weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Pataskala
- Licking Heights Local School District
- Thayer Power Communication Line Contruction Co. LLC
- State of Ohio ODOT Payroll Deductions
- American Electrict Power Service Corp.
- Defense Finance
- City of Columbus
- West Licking Joint Fire District
- Southwest Licking Local School District
From the City of Pataskala’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA) records”), as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. It gives no employee counts, so they are in its order, by the city income tax they withheld.
Natural hazards
- Hailrelatively high in parts of PataskalaRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherrelatively high in parts of PataskalaRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Pataskala’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Licking County and the Columbus, OH metro.
Pataskala home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Pataskala$389,204
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Pataskala listings, and the typical home goes pending in 14 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Pataskala38.45%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Pataskala14
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Pataskala112
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Pataskala48
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Pataskala$376,261
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Pataskala99.21%
Zip codes with a Pataskala address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Pataskala — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Pataskala
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43062 | Pataskala | 32,037 | $2,195 | $390,494 |
| 43018 | Etna | 286 | — | $292,572 |