A typical Boston home is worth roughly $331,000
What kind of housing town is Boston?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.6 years of income
About the same as across Ohio. Try your own numbers below.
That’s $8K short of a typical Boston home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,470 a month here, $730 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Boston’s typical property tax (1.70% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
6 of Boston’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Boston’s homes were built before 1964.
Ohio: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,470
Renters already here pay a median of $1,209, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Akron, OH MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Boston vs. its neighbors
Boston is the 4th least expensive of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2012 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | $331K* | — | $1,470 | — | $91,875 |
| Cuyahoga Falls | $221K | +4.2% | $1,350 | 0 | $72,705 |
| Richfield | $506K | +3.9% | $1,490 | — | $112,188 |
| Sagamore Hills | $277K* | +4%† | $1,550 | — | $90,604 |
| Boston Heights | $546K | +3.3% | $1,720 | 0 | $121,250 |
| Northfield Center | $249K* | +4%† | $1,550 | — | $96,607 |
| Peninsula | $380K | +4.7% | $1,430 | — | $117,708 |
| Hudson | $559K | +4.4% | $1,890 | — | $171,427 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Boston buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.