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Goodwill Bins Ohio: Where They Are and What You Pay
Goodwill bins Ohio, mapped. Every pay-by-the-pound outlet in the state, the per-pound rates each region publishes, and how to price a bin run.
A cart of clothing at the Columbus outlet runs $2.29 a pound. The same cart of textiles in Cleveland drops to $1.79 a pound once you clear 25 pounds. Nothing about the digging changes between those two buildings, but your cost basis moves by a quarter on every pound you carry out.
Search goodwill bins Ohio and you mostly get aggregator sites copying each other's addresses and quoting rates from years ago. So here is the version pulled straight from what each Ohio Goodwill region publishes on its own site, checked in September 2026, including the ones that do not post a price at all.
Goodwill bins Ohio: every outlet and where it sits
Ohio is carved up among several independent Goodwill regions, and each one sets its own outlet rules. These are the pay-by-the-pound locations listed by the regions themselves.
| Outlet | Address | Hours | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | 2675 Brice Rd, Suite B, Columbus | Mon to Sat 9am to 9pm, Sun 10am to 6pm | Goodwill Columbus |
| Cleveland | 17903 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland | 8am to 6pm daily | Goodwill Greater Cleveland |
| North Canton | 8025 Pittsburg Ave NW, North Canton | 9am to 7pm daily | Goodwill Greater Cleveland |
| Cincinnati | 10633 Glendale Rd, Woodlawn | Mon to Sat 9am to 8pm, Sun 10am to 6pm | Ohio Valley Goodwill |
| Akron | 570 E. Waterloo Rd, Akron | Mon to Sat 8am to 8pm, Sun 10am to 6pm | Goodwill Akron |
| Toledo | 2021 S. Reynolds Rd, Toledo | 10am to 7pm | Goodwill Northwest Ohio |
Two of those are worth flagging. Toledo is brand new, the first outlet Goodwill Northwest Ohio has ever run, and it opened on South Reynolds Road on August 17. Ohio Valley Goodwill also lists a second Cincinnati outlet at 6401 Colerain Avenue as coming soon, so the southwest corner of the state is about to get easier to work.
What you actually pay per pound
Only two Ohio regions publish their rate card. Both are worth knowing because they are the two extremes.
Goodwill Columbus posts three prices:
| Category | Columbus rate |
|---|---|
| Books | $0.59 per pound |
| Clothing and shoes | $2.29 per pound |
| Everything else | $1.99 per pound |
Goodwill Greater Cleveland, which runs both the Cleveland and North Canton outlets, posts a longer card with bulk tiers, effective December 1, 2024:
| Category | Standard | Bulk |
|---|---|---|
| Wares, textiles, shoes, accessories, electrical | $1.89 per pound | |
| Textiles and accessories | $1.79 per pound at 25 pounds and up | |
| Wares and shoes | $1.79 per pound at 30 pounds and up | |
| Electrical | $1.79 per pound at 10 pounds and up | |
| Glass, dishware, breakable wares | $0.89 per pound | $0.79 per pound at 5 pounds and up |
| Books and media | $0.99 per item |
Cleveland also caps any single item pulled from the blue bins at $8.95 once it weighs five pounds or more, and prices furniture, large items and power tools individually rather than by weight. Columbus does the same with oversized pieces like desks and bookcases.
Cincinnati, Akron and Toledo all confirm they sell by the pound, but none of the three publishes a rate online. Do not carry someone else's number into those stores. Ask at the register on your first trip and write it down, because that figure is the input every other decision in this post depends on.
The math that decides whether the trip paid
Pound pricing feels cheap right up until you weigh the cart. Run the arithmetic before you load it, not after.
A 20 pound cart of clothing in Columbus is $45.80. The same 20 pounds of textiles in Cleveland is $37.80, and pushing it to 25 pounds drops the whole cart to the bulk rate of $1.79, so 25 pounds costs $44.75. That is five extra pounds of inventory for less than the first cart cost. Bulk tiers are the one place where buying more is genuinely cheaper per unit, and Cleveland is the only Ohio region that publishes them.
Then divide. If that $45.80 Columbus cart yields 18 items you will actually list, your cost basis is $2.54 an item, not $2.29 a pound. If it yields six, you paid $7.63 each and the trip needs much better sell prices to work. Keepers per cart is the number that decides a bin run, and it is the one nobody tracks.
Weight is also a tax on the wrong categories. Denim, boots and coats eat pounds fast. A lightweight branded tee and a heavy pair of no-name jeans cost the same per pound to carry out, and only one of them sells. Our guide on pricing items with eBay sold comps covers how to get a real number on an item before it goes in the cart, and the Buy or Pass tool will run the fee math on a candidate while you are standing there.
What to pull out of an Ohio bin
The outlet is where the retail floor's leftovers land, so the filter is different from a normal thrift run. Weight-to-value is the whole game.
- Branded soft goods. Team apparel, tour shirts, college gear, outdoor brands. Light, they ship cheap, and the tag does the identifying for you.
- Anything with a model number. Small electronics, tools and parts. Cleveland's electrical bulk tier at 10 pounds makes this category unusually cheap there.
- Media by the piece. Cleveland and North Canton price books and media per item rather than per pound, which changes the math entirely on a heavy hardcover.
- Complete sets and boxed items. Games, toy lines, kitchen sets. The bins break sets apart, so a complete one is worth the dig.
Leave the heavy generic stuff. Plain housewares, no-name denim, and anything you cannot identify in ten seconds are all paying full freight per pound for a listing that may never move. Our thrift store flipping guide walks the same call on a retail floor, and most of it carries over.
Working a rotation without wasting the drive
Bins get rolled out in batches and picked over fast, which is why regulars cluster near the doors between rotations. No Ohio region publishes a rotation schedule, so the only way to learn a store's rhythm is to go on a weekday morning, watch when the carts come out, and ask staff how they run the floor. Every outlet handles the line differently and they will tell you.
Bring gloves and hand sanitizer, bring your own bags, and know the store's payment and return policy before you weigh out. Outlet sales are generally final, so the sort happens in the aisle, not in your car.
Common questions
How much are the Goodwill bins in Ohio per pound?
It depends on the region, because each Ohio Goodwill sets its own rates. Goodwill Columbus posts $2.29 per pound for clothing and shoes, $1.99 for everything else, and $0.59 for books. Goodwill Greater Cleveland posts $1.89 per pound for wares, textiles, shoes, accessories and electrical, with bulk tiers that drop to $1.79. Cincinnati, Akron and Toledo sell by the pound but do not publish a rate online, so ask at the register.
Where are the Goodwill bins in Columbus Ohio?
The Goodwill Columbus outlet is at 2675 Brice Road, Suite B, in Columbus. It is open Monday through Saturday from 9am to 9pm and Sunday from 10am to 6pm. It is the only pay-by-the-pound Goodwill outlet in the Columbus region.
Is the Goodwill outlet worth it for resellers?
It is worth it when you track keepers per cart instead of price per pound. A 20 pound clothing cart in Columbus costs $45.80, so the trip only works if you leave with enough listable items to bring that down to a sane cost per item. Resellers who go in without a category filter usually carry out weight, not inventory.
What days are best to go to the Goodwill bins?
No Ohio Goodwill region publishes a bin rotation schedule, so there is no universal best day. Weekday mornings are generally the calmest and give you the most room to work a fresh rotation. The reliable move is to visit the same store a few times, learn when its carts come out, and ask the staff directly.
The short version
Know the rate before you dig, know the bulk tier if the store has one, and count what you are willing to list rather than what you are willing to carry. Ohio has six pay-by-the-pound outlets and two rate cards between them, which makes this one of the few sourcing channels where geography changes your margin outright.
We film bin runs and the full sourcing routes on the channel, and the complete system for turning a cart into listed inventory lives inside The Income Lab.
