Housing in Bloom

A typical Bloom home is worth roughly $183,000

#44Cheapest rent in OH All OH rankings →

Typical home value

$183K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$990

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,578

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Bloom?

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

Rent is cheap#44 in OH for the cheapest rent.Your money goes further26% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $990

Renters already here pay a median of $699, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750

1 bedroom$830

2 bedrooms$990

3 bedrooms$1,350

4 bedrooms$1,500

27%

of households rent · OH 33%

224

renter households

54%

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

21%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$699

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$227,000

Typical Bloom home $183K

That covers a typical Bloom home, with $44K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,090

Loan $910Tax $130Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $100 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Vernon$203K Harrison$112K Decatur$83K Madison$202K

How Bloom ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bloom’s typical property tax (0.86% 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

73% of Bloom households own their home

Half of Bloom’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters

Own 73%Rent 27%

Ohio: 67% own.

1976

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,578

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.86%

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

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

Next door

Bloom vs. its neighbors

Bloom is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Vernon$203K Madison$202K Bloom$183K Harrison$112K Decatur$83K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Bloom	$183K*	—	$990	$57,857
Vernon	$203K*	+2%†	$1,060	$66,915
Harrison	$112K*	+8.8%†	$1,000	$51,967
Decatur	$83K*	—	$1,020	$49,028
Madison	$202K*	+9%†	$990	$99,032

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.