Housing in Berlin

A typical Berlin home is worth roughly $380,000

Home prices around Berlin have risen about 53% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value

$380K

▲ 5.6% in a year · OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,665

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Berlin?

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

Pricier than OH53% above the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.6 years of income

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

You could afford about

$326,000

Typical Berlin home $380K

That’s $54K short of a typical Berlin home.

The typical home, each month

$2,260

Loan $1,880Tax $270Insurance $110

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $1,290 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Berlin’s typical property tax (0.84% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 53% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Berlin rose 53% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Ohio. Last year prices rose 5.6%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Berlin home at roughly $380,000 today.

Berlin areaOhio

+5.6%

past year

+53%

past 5 years

+91%

past 10 years

Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $380K.

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $732, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740

1 bedroom$740

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,200

4 bedrooms$1,340

24%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

24%

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

14%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$732

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

76% of Berlin households own their home

Half of Berlin’s homes were built before 1986.

Owners and renters

Own 76%Rent 24%

Ohio: 67% own.

1986

typical home built · OH 1970

$2,665

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.84%

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

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

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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.