Sign inJoin
Housing in Catawba

A typical Catawba home is worth roughly $137,000

Typical home value
$137K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,250
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,328
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Catawba?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Catawba

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$261,000
Typical Catawba home $137K

That covers a typical Catawba home, with $124K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$870
Loan $680Tax $150Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,250 a month here, $380 more than owning.

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.

The homes

89% of Catawba households own their home

Half of Catawba’s homes were built before 1955.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 12%

Ohio: 67% own.

1955
typical home built · OH 1970
$1,328
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,250

Renters already here pay a median of $1,650.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$860
1 bedroom$950
2 bedrooms$1,250
3 bedrooms$1,530
4 bedrooms$1,780
12%
of households rent · OH 33%
14
renter households
$1,650
median rent paid today · Census

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

Neighbors talk housing

What Catawba buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Is Catawba still affordable for young families?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Start the conversation

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.

Post to Catawba

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in