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Housing in Atwater

A typical Atwater home is worth roughly $130,000

Home prices around Atwater have risen about 40% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$130K
▼ 7.7% in a year · OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,320
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,932
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Atwater?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 40% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Atwater rose 40% over the past 5 years, slower than across Ohio (53%). Last year prices fell 7.7%.

Atwater areaOhio
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
−7.7%
past year
+40%
past 5 years
+73%
past 10 years

How Atwater ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Atwater, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.3 years of income

Less than across Ohio (3.5 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$202,000
Typical Atwater home $130K

That covers a typical Atwater home, with $71K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$840
Loan $650Tax $160Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,320 a month here, $480 more than owning.

How Atwater ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Atwater’s typical property tax (1.48% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,320

Renters already here pay a median of $791, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$940
1 bedroom$1,030
2 bedrooms$1,320
3 bedrooms$1,610
4 bedrooms$1,750
35%
of households rent · OH 33%
88
renter households
$791
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

65% of Atwater households own their home

Half of Atwater’s homes were built before 1972.

Owners and renters
Own 65%Rent 35%

Ohio: 67% own.

1972
typical home built · OH 1970
$1,932
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
1.48%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%

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

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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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