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Housing in Buffalo

A typical Buffalo home is worth roughly $152,000

Typical home value
$152K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,244
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Buffalo?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$287,000
Typical Buffalo home $152K

That covers a typical Buffalo home, with $136K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$900
Loan $750Tax $100Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $70 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, Buffalo’s typical property tax (0.82% 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

89% of Buffalo households own their home

Half of Buffalo’s homes were built before 1986.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Ohio: 67% own.

1986
typical home built · OH 1970
$1,244
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
0.82%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%
11%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $1,094.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,250
4 bedrooms$1,510
11%
of households rent · OH 33%
14
renter households
$1,094
median rent paid today · Census

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

Buffalo vs. its neighbors

Buffalo is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Buffalo$152K*—$970$73,221
Valley$135K*—$990$55,625
Noble$172K*—$990$46,053
Center$187K*—$1,010$88,894
Spencer$98K*—$970$72,813

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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