This thread may be better -
Columbus Thread VI (All City/Arena Questions, Ticket Exchange, Meetups, etc in here)
-Median income per person in Columbus is around $50,000 USD, per person, or roughly $25/hour for a full-time position.
-Rent for 3+ bedrooms in a good area is probably between $1,000 (and it may be a bit old, run down, something like that) to $3,000 or more. Columbus is very segregated, so when you say "good area" I assume you mean low crime type of area.
-There are a lot of job openings right now. It kind of depends on what you and your wife might be looking for.
-Once you get outside Columbus, it's pretty rural. I think Granville is pretty cool (it's so small it's not incorporated).
But yeah, the Columbus thread may get you better answers.