Housing in Big Spring

A typical Big Spring home is worth roughly $181,000

Typical home value

$181K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,080

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,743

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Big Spring?

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

Your money goes further27% below the Ohio typical home.A town of owners88% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.5 years of income

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

You could afford about

$286,000

Typical Big Spring home $181K

That covers a typical Big Spring home, with $105K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,090

Loan $900Tax $150Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $10 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Seneca$199K Biglick$232K Crawford$161K Loudon$210K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Big Spring’s typical property tax (0.96% 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

88% of Big Spring households own their home

Half of Big Spring’s homes were built before 1959.

Owners and renters

Own 88%Rent 12%

Ohio: 67% own.

1959

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,743

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.96%

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 $1,080

Renters already here pay a median of $750, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$810

1 bedroom$840

2 bedrooms$1,080

3 bedrooms$1,350

4 bedrooms$1,510

12%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

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

18%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$750

median rent paid today · Census

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

Big Spring vs. its neighbors

Big Spring is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Biglick$232K Loudon$210K Seneca$199K Big Spring$181K Crawford$161K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2021	Median income
Big Spring	$181K*	—	$1,080	—	$73,688
Seneca	$199K*	—	$1,020	—	$91,892
Biglick	$232K*	+4%†	$1,130	—	$103,214
Crawford	$161K*	+2.2%†	$1,050	0	$76,597
Loudon	$210K*	+8%†	$990	—	$83,185

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.