Housing in Carthage

A typical Carthage home is worth roughly $135,000

Typical home value

$135K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,030

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,753

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Carthage?

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

Your money goes further46% below the Ohio typical home.A town of owners93% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.5 years of income

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

You could afford about

$199,000

Typical Carthage home $135K

That covers a typical Carthage home, with $64K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$850

Loan $670Tax $150Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $180 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Lodi$232K Troy$174K Rome$90K Orange$210K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Carthage’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.

The homes

93% of Carthage households own their home

Half of Carthage’s homes were built before 1990.

Owners and renters

Own 93%Rent 8%

Ohio: 67% own.

1990

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,753

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.30%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$850

1 bedroom$860

2 bedrooms$1,030

3 bedrooms$1,270

4 bedrooms$1,450

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

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

23%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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.

Next door

Carthage vs. its neighbors

Carthage is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Lodi$232K Orange$210K Troy$174K Carthage$135K Rome$90K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Carthage	$135K*	—	$1,030	$53,670
Lodi	$232K*	—	$1,160	$89,583
Troy	$174K*	—	$980	$56,389
Rome	$90K*	—	$1,130	$55,399
Orange	$210K*	—	$980	$63,701

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.