Housing in Bern

A typical Bern home is worth roughly $56,000

Typical home value

$56K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,160

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,064

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Bern?

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

Your money goes further77% below the Ohio typical home.A second-home town25% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Bern

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$261,000

Typical Bern home $56K

That covers a typical Bern home, with $205K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$360

Loan $280Tax $60Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160 a month here, $800 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Ames$309K Rome$90K Wesley$143K Marion$133K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Ohio typical property tax (1.31% 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

70% of Bern households own their home

Half of Bern’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters

Own 70%Rent 30%

Ohio: 67% own.

1977

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,064

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

25%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$950

1 bedroom$990

2 bedrooms$1,160

3 bedrooms$1,430

4 bedrooms$1,640

30%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

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

Bern vs. its neighbors

Bern is the least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Ames$309K Wesley$143K Marion$133K Rome$90K Bern$56K

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Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Bern	$56K*	—	$1,160	$77,981
Ames	$309K*	—	$1,150	$83,500
Rome	$90K*	—	$1,130	$55,399
Wesley	$143K*	—	$1,100	—
Marion	$133K*	—	$990	$61,607

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.