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Housing in Ohio

A typical Ohio home is worth roughly $205,000

Typical home value
$205K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,010
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,574
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Ohio?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.9 years of income

Less than across Kansas (3.4 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$263,000
Typical Ohio home $205K

That covers a typical Ohio home, with $58K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,290
Loan $1,020Tax $210Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $280 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Ohio’s typical property tax (1.25% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

92% of Ohio households own their home

Half of Ohio’s homes were built before 1991.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Kansas: 67% own.

1991
typical home built · KS 1976
$2,574
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
1.25%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010

Renters already here pay a median of $1,000.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$1,010
3 bedrooms$1,210
4 bedrooms$1,340
8%
of households rent · KS 33%
18
renter households
$1,000
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Franklin County, KS): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Ohio vs. its neighbors

Ohio is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Ohio$205K*—$1,010$70,764
Homewood$277K*—$1,080$136,447
Richmond$237K+6%$970$91,087
Williamsburg$305K+6%$1,120$80,500

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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