Housing in Ames

A typical Ames home is worth roughly $309,000

Typical home value

$309K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,150

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,409

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Ames?

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

Pricier than OH24% above the Ohio typical home.A town of owners91% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.7 years of income

About the same as across Ohio. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$333,000

Typical Ames home $309K

That covers a typical Ames home, with $24K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,820

Loan $1,530Tax $200Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150 a month here, $670 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Dover$153K Canaan$277K Homer$189K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Ames’s typical property tax (0.78% 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

91% of Ames households own their home

Half of Ames’s homes were built before 1990.

Owners and renters

Own 91%Rent 9%

Ohio: 67% own.

1990

typical home built · OH 1970

$2,409

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.78%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%

17%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150

Renters already here pay a median of $1,056.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$950

1 bedroom$970

2 bedrooms$1,150

3 bedrooms$1,410

4 bedrooms$1,600

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

75%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · OH 46%

17%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,056

median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Ames vs. its neighbors

Ames is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Ames$309K Canaan$277K Homer$189K Dover$153K

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Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Ames	$309K*	—	$1,150	$83,500
Dover	$153K*	—	$1,010	$55,170
Canaan	$277K*	+6.3%†	$1,260	$57,955
Homer	$189K*	—	$1,000	$75,712

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.