Apartments in Reynoldsburg, Ohio
A location guide to The Residences at Eastwood on Heirloom Lane: what the commute actually looks like to Mount Carmel East, downtown Columbus, New Albany, and the Etna logistics corridor, and what a weekday here runs like once you are off the road.
Where Heirloom Lane actually sits
Reynoldsburg runs directly east of Columbus along East Main Street and East Broad Street, straddling the Franklin and Licking county line about 13 to 15 miles from downtown. The city is organized around four spines: East Main Street through the historic Olde Reynoldsburg district near Graham Road, East Broad Street running west toward the Mount Carmel East campus, State Route 256 heading south toward Pickerington, and I-70 along the southern edge. Retail concentrates on the Brice Road and Taylor Square corridors. Reynoldsburg is known regionally as the Birthplace of the Tomato, and the Tomato Festival still takes over Civic Park every September. The Residences at Eastwood sits on the far eastern side of this at 9060 Heirloom Lane, on 25 buildings of single-story homes wrapped around an on-site pond, closer to the Etna and Pataskala line than to the Columbus city limit.
The east Columbus rental submarket generally prices at or below the Columbus metro apartment average, which sat near $1,350 across all unit types in early 2026 while occupancy across the metro held around 93 to 94 percent. What the submarket has historically lacked is not supply but product variety: the inventory skews heavily toward stacked garden-style buildings. Detached, single-story rental homes with attached garages are a small fraction of what is available east of I-270, which is the gap The Residences at Eastwood was built into. Comparable square footage with a private entrance and a two-car garage is priced accordingly, and the trade the resident is making is clear: more house, more storage, more separation, less density.
In practice a weekday here starts in the garage rather than in a parking lot, which in February is most of the argument. The clubhouse coffee bar is stocked before the office opens if you want it on the way out. The I-70 interchange is roughly five minutes south, East Broad Street runs straight to the Mount Carmel East campus without an interstate segment, and State Route 310 heads north toward New Albany. Coming home, the walking paths loop the pond, the fenced dog park is inside the neighborhood, and the 24-hour fitness center does not close at nine. Errands are a short drive: Taylor Square and the Brice Road corridor are minutes west, Kroger and Meijer are both close, and 5 Bean Coffee and Koffee Paradise sit on East Main Street. This is a drive-oriented address, and the home is built around that fact instead of apologizing for it.
The commute, destination by destination
East Columbus is not one employment center. It is a hospital campus, a government core downtown, a technology and headquarters park to the north, and a logistics corridor to the east. Heirloom Lane sits roughly in the middle of all four.
Mount Carmel East opened near Reynoldsburg in 1972 and has anchored the east side ever since. The system employs thousands of clinical and support staff across nursing, imaging, surgical services, labs, environmental services, food service, and administration, and the campus runs around the clock. It is the closest major hospital to the community by a wide margin.
The route is roughly seven miles straight down East Broad Street, no interstate segment involved. That is the part worth paying attention to if you work shifts: a surface-street commute performs far more consistently at 5:45 AM and 11:30 PM than an interstate route does, because it has no merge points that stack up and no construction detours that add fifteen minutes without warning. Staff commuting from the Pickerington or Canal Winchester side typically add time on SR-256 and I-70 to reach the same campus. From Heirloom Lane, the drive is short enough that a forgotten badge is an annoyance rather than a crisis, and you finish it by pulling into your own attached garage instead of circling a lot at midnight.
The State of Ohio is the second-largest employer in the Columbus region, with a dense concentration of offices in and around the downtown core, alongside the City of Columbus, Franklin County, and the private-sector downtown presence in banking, insurance, and professional services. It is the single largest draw for east-side commuters after healthcare.
From The Residences at Eastwood the drive is about 15 miles on I-70 West, typically 25 to 30 minutes door to door, with East Broad Street available as a surface alternative when the interstate stalls. The practical advantage of an address east of the I-270 outerbelt is that several segments of the inbound morning route run counter to the heaviest flow, which is the opposite of the experience commuting in from the far north or northwest side. Parking downtown is the real cost of this commute, not the drive, and it is the one thing an apartment cannot solve.
The New Albany business park has become the largest single concentration of new capital investment in central Ohio, spanning semiconductor manufacturing, hyperscale data centers, biotechnology, and two national retail headquarters. The workforce runs from skilled trades and construction through process engineering, facilities, logistics, and corporate functions. Hiring has continued to expand the commuter shed well beyond New Albany's own residential inventory.
From Heirloom Lane the park is roughly 13 miles north, typically 20 to 25 minutes via State Route 310 or Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road and Morse Road. Approaching from the south means you enter the park directly rather than threading through the New Albany village core, where traffic concentrates. For trades and construction workers on early call times, the combination matters: a 5 AM departure on SR-310 is close to free-flowing, and a two-car garage means tools and a work truck both live off the street.
The I-70 corridor east of Reynoldsburg has absorbed a significant share of central Ohio's distribution and light manufacturing growth, concentrated in Etna Township and the Pataskala Corporate Park. The work runs on shift schedules, frequently including overnights and weekends, across warehouse operations, fleet, maintenance, and supervision.
This is the shortest commute on the list, roughly 10 minutes via State Route 310 or a single I-70 segment east. For anyone working a 6 PM to 6 AM rotation, that difference compounds: it is twenty minutes a day back, and the drive home at 6:15 AM in January ends with a garage door rather than a scraper. Most housing serving this corridor sits further east in Licking County with a longer trip into Columbus for everything else. Heirloom Lane keeps the corridor close without giving up access to the metro.
Easton combines one of the region's largest retail and dining destinations with a substantial surrounding office and hospitality employment base. It draws staff across retail management, food service, corporate offices, and hotels, much of it on non-standard schedules.
From The Residences at Eastwood the trip is about 12 miles, typically around 20 minutes via I-270 North. The outerbelt segment between I-70 and Easton is short enough that the commute stays predictable outside of incident traffic, and the same route doubles as the path to the airport. It is also the closest concentration of evening dining and entertainment to the community if you are heading out rather than in.
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What is actually nearby
Reynoldsburg errands and dining concentrate along East Main Street, State Route 256, and the Brice Road and Taylor Square corridors. Metro park access sits just west toward Blacklick. Times below are approximate drives from 9060 Heirloom Lane.
- 5 Bean Coffee 10 min
- Koffee Paradise, E Main St 9 min
- Bonjour Café, SR-256 12 min
- E Main St restaurant row 9 min
- Creekside Gahanna 20 min
- Taylor Square 10 min
- Brice Road corridor 12 min
- Kroger, E Main St 9 min
- Meijer, Pataskala 12 min
- Easton Town Center 21 min
- On-site pond & paths 0 min
- Blacklick Woods Metro Park 12 min
- Huber Park 10 min
- Pine Quarry Park 11 min
- Blacklick Creek Greenway 14 min
- Olde Reynoldsburg district 9 min
- Civic Park & Tomato Festival 9 min
- Blacklick Woods Golf Course 13 min
- Downtown Columbus arts district 27 min
- Newark & Granville 25 min
Renting in Reynoldsburg: what to expect
The Columbus metro apartment average sat near $1,350 across all unit types in early 2026, up modestly year over year, with metro occupancy holding in the low-to-mid 90s. Reynoldsburg and the broader east Columbus submarket have historically tracked at or below that metro average, which has made the east side one of the more accessible entry points into the Columbus rental market. The pressure on that has come from employment growth rather than from population moving out of the core: the New Albany build-out to the north and the I-70 logistics corridor to the east have both added jobs faster than the submarket has added varied housing product.
What that leaves is a submarket well supplied with stacked garden-style apartments and thin on anything else. A two-bedroom home at The Residences at Eastwood prices above a comparable two-bedroom in a conventional east-side building, and it should: you are getting 1,101 to 1,383 square feet on a single level, your own front door, your own driveway, an attached two-car garage, 12-foot vaulted ceilings, an in-home washer and dryer, and private outdoor space, with no one above or below you and no yard work or exterior maintenance on your list. Against a comparable detached rental home in the same corridor, the amenity package and the on-site maintenance team are the difference. Against a conventional apartment, the square footage and the garage are. For current rates, see the pricing page; the full fee schedule is published on the fees page.
Questions about living in Reynoldsburg
What is it like to live in Reynoldsburg, Ohio?
Reynoldsburg sits directly east of Columbus, straddling the Franklin and Licking county line, roughly 13 to 15 miles from downtown. It is a car-oriented suburb organized around East Main Street, East Broad Street, State Route 256, and I-70, with retail concentrated along the Brice Road and Taylor Square corridors and a historic Olde Reynoldsburg district near Main and Graham. Day-to-day errands are a short drive rather than a walk, which is why covered parking and garage storage carry real weight here rather than reading as a luxury add-on.
The city is known regionally as the Birthplace of the Tomato, and the Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival takes over Civic Park every September. Blacklick Woods Metro Park and its golf course sit just west, and the Blacklick Creek Greenway trail runs south from there. The east side has been one of the faster-growing parts of the Columbus metro on the employment side, driven by the New Albany business park to the north and the I-70 distribution corridor to the east.
How far is The Residences at Eastwood from downtown Columbus?
About 15 miles, typically a 25 to 30 minute drive via I-70 West. East Broad Street is the surface-street alternative when the interstate backs up, and it connects most of the same east-side destinations along the way.
Because the community sits east of the I-270 outerbelt, several segments of the inbound morning commute run counter to the heaviest direction of flow. The practical cost of a downtown job from this address is parking downtown, not the drive itself.
Are there apartments near Mount Carmel East hospital?
Yes. The Residences at Eastwood is roughly seven miles from Mount Carmel East at 6001 East Broad Street, generally a 12 to 15 minute drive straight down East Broad Street with no interstate segment involved. Mount Carmel Health System is one of the largest employers in central Ohio, and the east campus is the closest major hospital to the community.
The absence of an interstate segment is the detail that matters for anyone working clinical shifts. Surface-street routes perform consistently at 5:45 AM and 11:30 PM in a way that interstate routes do not, because there are no merge points that stack and no construction detours that appear overnight. The commute ends in your own attached garage rather than a walk across a lot.
How long is the commute from Reynoldsburg to the New Albany business park?
The New Albany International Business Park is roughly 13 miles north of the community, typically 20 to 25 minutes via State Route 310 and Morse Road, or via Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road. The park includes Intel's Ohio One campus, Meta and Google data centers, Amgen, and the Bath and Body Works and Abercrombie and Fitch headquarters.
Approaching from the south means entering the park directly instead of routing through the New Albany village core, where traffic concentrates during shift changes. For anyone on an early construction or trades call time, a 5 AM departure north on SR-310 runs close to free-flowing.
What is the average rent for apartments in Reynoldsburg, Ohio?
Rents in the Reynoldsburg and east Columbus submarket generally track at or below the Columbus metro apartment average, which sat near $1,350 across all unit types in early 2026. That figure blends studios through three-bedrooms in conventional stacked buildings, so it is a floor for comparison rather than a like-for-like number.
Detached and single-story rental homes price above that average because the product is different: more square footage, a private entrance, private outdoor space, and an attached garage instead of a shared lot. Homes at The Residences at Eastwood run 1,101 to 1,383 square feet, all two-bedroom and two-bath. For current pricing, see the pricing page or call (220) 246-9411.
Is Reynoldsburg served by public transit?
COTA operates bus service along the East Main Street corridor into Reynoldsburg, connecting east toward the Brice Road area and west toward downtown Columbus. Service frequency and routing are worth checking directly with COTA before you rely on it for a daily commute.
That said, Reynoldsburg is a car-oriented suburb and the large majority of residents drive. The Residences at Eastwood is built around that reality rather than against it: every home has an attached two-car garage and a private driveway, so a two-vehicle household parks entirely off the street.
What is there to do near The Residences at Eastwood?
Inside the community there are walking paths around the on-site pond, a fenced dog park, a community garden, an outdoor courtyard with a fire pit and grilling stations, a clubhouse with a fireplace and coffee bar, and a 24-hour fitness center. The amenities page has the full list.
Nearby, Blacklick Woods Metro Park and its golf course are about 12 minutes west, with the Blacklick Creek Greenway trail running south. Dining and coffee concentrate along East Main Street and State Route 256. Taylor Square and the Brice Road corridor cover most shopping, Easton Town Center is roughly 20 minutes northwest, and Creekside Gahanna is a similar distance north.
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