Housing in Bloom

A typical Bloom home is worth roughly $123,000

Typical home value

$123K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,298

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Bloom?

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

Your money goes further51% below the Ohio typical home.Older homesThe typical home was built around 1938.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.6 years of income

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

You could afford about

$297,000

Typical Bloom home $123K

That covers a typical Bloom home, with $174K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$750

Loan $610Tax $110Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $220 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Eden$224K Scipio$161K Venice$151K Lykens$181K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bloom’s typical property tax (1.06% 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

85% of Bloom households own their home

Half of Bloom’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters

Own 85%Rent 16%

Ohio: 67% own.

1938

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,298

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.06%

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

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $891.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750

1 bedroom$760

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,210

4 bedrooms$1,300

16%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

43%

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

15%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$891

median rent paid today · Census

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

Bloom vs. its neighbors

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

Eden$224K Lykens$181K Scipio$161K Venice$151K Bloom$123K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Bloom	$123K*	—	$970	—	$78,226
Eden	$224K*	+6.2%†	$1,000	5	$113,500
Scipio	$161K*	—	$1,210	7	$52,500
Venice	$151K*	—	$980	—	$86,442
Lykens	$181K*	—	$970	—	$125,625

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.