Housing in Bloom

A typical Bloom home is worth roughly $147,000

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Typical home value

$147K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,110

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,587

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 further41% below the Ohio typical home.Older homesThe typical home was built around 1950.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$281,000

Typical Bloom home $147K

That covers a typical Bloom home, with $134K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$900

Loan $730Tax $130Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,110 a month here, $210 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Henry$120K Perry$174K Cass$214K Portage$202K Bloomdale$168K Liberty$172K

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 (1.08% 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

77% of Bloom households own their home

Half of Bloom’s homes were built before 1950.

Owners and renters

Own 77%Rent 23%

Ohio: 67% own.

1950

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,587

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.08%

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 $1,110

Renters already here pay a median of $869, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790

1 bedroom$840

2 bedrooms$1,110

3 bedrooms$1,420

4 bedrooms$1,510

23%

of households rent · OH 33%

204

renter households

21%

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

18%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$869

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Toledo, OH MSA): 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 2nd least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Cass$214K Portage$202K Perry$174K Liberty$172K Bloomdale$168K Bloom$147K Henry$120K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Bloom	$147K*	—	$1,110	—	$74,000
Henry	$120K*	+18.4%†	$1,140	—	$61,708
Perry	$174K*	+8%†	$1,000	—	$67,868
Cass	$214K*	—	$1,100	13	$60,329
Portage	$202K	+1.5%	$1,080	—	$73,256
Bloomdale	$168K	+1.6%	$1,080	—	$63,221
Liberty	$172K*	—	$1,040	—	$70,057

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.