A typical Berlin Heights home is worth about $274,000
Up 2.6% in a year, 10% above the Ohio typical home.
Only 4 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Berlin Heights?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
73% of Berlin Heights households own their home
Half of Berlin Heights’s homes were built before 1942.
Ohio: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Up 28.4% in five years
About the same pace as Ohio (29.2%).
Show as a table
| January | Berlin Heights | Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $153,000 | $133,000 |
| 2018 | $158,000 | $141,000 |
| 2019 | $166,000 | $150,000 |
| 2020 | $176,000 | $158,000 |
| 2021 | $198,000 | $178,000 |
| 2022 | $218,000 | $195,000 |
| 2023 | $228,000 | $211,000 |
| 2024 | $243,000 | $224,000 |
| 2025 | $266,000 | $237,000 |
| 2026 | $268,000 | $245,000 |
| August 2026 | $274,000 | $249,000 |
A typical Berlin Heights home worth $151K in September 2016 is worth about $274K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 2.9 years of income
Less than across Ohio (3.5 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Berlin Heights home, with $71K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,240 a month here, $490 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Berlin Heights’s typical property tax (1.27% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,240
Renters already here pay a median of $964, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Erie County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Berlin Heights in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (2 new homes).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Berlin Heights's population fell by 63 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Ohio: 1.3 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $707,000 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $40,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $131,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $262,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $120,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $71,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Berlin Heights buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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.