Housing in Auburn

A typical Auburn home is worth roughly $164,000

Typical home value

$164K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$980

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,451

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Auburn?

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

Your money goes further34% below the Ohio typical home.Older homesThe typical home was built around 1938.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$312,000

Typical Auburn home $164K

That covers a typical Auburn home, with $148K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$980

Loan $810Tax $120Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $0 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Vernon$150K Plymouth$178K Cranberry$129K

How Auburn ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Auburn’s typical property tax (0.88% 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

85% of Auburn households own their home

Half of Auburn’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters

Own 85%Rent 15%

Ohio: 67% own.

1938

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,451

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.88%

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

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Renters already here pay a median of $1,311.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760

1 bedroom$800

2 bedrooms$980

3 bedrooms$1,300

4 bedrooms$1,380

15%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

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

15%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,311

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Crawford 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

Auburn vs. its neighbors

Auburn is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Plymouth$178K Auburn$164K Vernon$150K Cranberry$129K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Auburn	$164K*	—	$980	$80,192
Vernon	$150K*	+6%†	$980	$85,244
Plymouth	$178K	+2.2%	$990	$71,250
Cranberry	$129K*	—	$1,040	$68,214

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.