Housing in Brown

A typical Brown home is worth roughly $124,000

Typical home value

$124K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,118

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Brown?

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

Your money goes further50% below the Ohio typical home.Older homesThe typical home was built around 1955.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$273,000

Typical Brown home $124K

That covers a typical Brown home, with $148K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$740

Loan $620Tax $90Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $230 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Richland$165K Greenville$205K Jackson$117K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brown’s typical property tax (0.90% 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 Brown households own their home

Half of Brown’s homes were built before 1955.

Owners and renters

Own 77%Rent 23%

Ohio: 67% own.

1955

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,118

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.90%

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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $725, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800

1 bedroom$810

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,290

4 bedrooms$1,300

23%

of households rent · OH 33%

157

renter households

35%

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

17%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$725

median rent paid today · Census

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

Brown vs. its neighbors

Brown is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Greenville$205K Richland$165K Brown$124K Jackson$117K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Brown	$124K*	—	$970	$69,750
York	—	−5%†	$970	$62,103
Richland	$165K*	+3.4%†	$970	$52,596
Greenville	$205K	+7.6%	$970	$51,551
Jackson	$117K*	—	$1,000	$44,018

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.