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Housing in Buchtel

A typical Buchtel home is worth roughly $150,000

Typical home value
$150K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,731
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Buchtel?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Buchtel

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You could afford about
$261,000
Typical Buchtel home $150K

That covers a typical Buchtel home, with $111K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$950
Loan $740Tax $160Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $20 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Ohio typical property tax (1.31% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

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$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,390
23%
of households rent · OH 33%
22
renter households
$725
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Athens County, OH): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

77% of Buchtel households own their home

Half of Buchtel’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

Ohio: 67% own.

1971
typical home built · OH 1970
$1,731
median property tax bill · OH $2,822

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Buchtel vs. its neighbors

Buchtel is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Buchtel$150K*—$970$70,000
Nelsonville$119K+0.7%$970$49,750
York$125K*—$980$56,208
Ward$115K*—$970$47,250

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.

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