A typical Brown home is worth roughly $192,000
What kind of housing town is Brown?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 1.9 years of income
Less than across Ohio (3.5 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Brown home, with $177K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $190 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brown’s typical property tax (1.30% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020
Renters already here pay a median of $793, 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 (Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
87% of Brown households own their home
Half of Brown’s homes were built before 1976.
Ohio: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Brown vs. its neighbors
Brown is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2014 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | $192K* | — | $1,020 | — | $100,417 |
| Springcreek | $294K* | +6.2%† | $1,220 | — | $68,707 |
| Johnson | $164K* | +8.7%† | $970 | — | $59,967 |
| Lostcreek | $288K* | — | $1,240 | — | $96,667 |
| Green | $175K* | +6.2%† | $1,020 | 0 | $79,861 |
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.