Housing in Center

A typical Center home is worth roughly $119,000

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Typical home value

$119K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$980

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,012

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Center?

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

Your money goes further52% below the Ohio typical home.Low tax bills#13 of 1,022 in OH for the lowest property tax bills.Rent is cheap#26 in OH for the cheapest rent.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.4 years of income

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

You could afford about

$192,000

Typical Center home $119K

That covers a typical Center home, with $73K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$710

Loan $590Tax $80Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $270 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Adams$175K Malaga$171K Wayne$87K Sunsbury$122K Summit$204K

How Center ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Center’s typical property tax (0.85% 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 $980

Renters already here pay a median of $676, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740

1 bedroom$750

2 bedrooms$980

3 bedrooms$1,280

4 bedrooms$1,310

40%

of households rent · OH 33%

472

renter households

45%

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

24%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$676

median rent paid today · Census

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

60% of Center households own their home

Half of Center’s homes were built before 1967.

Owners and renters

Own 60%Rent 40%

Ohio: 67% own.

1967

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,012

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.85%

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.

Next door

Center vs. its neighbors

Center is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Summit$204K Adams$175K Malaga$171K Sunsbury$122K Center$119K Wayne$87K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Center	$119K*	—	$980	$48,887
Adams	$175K*	—	$990	$76,094
Malaga	$171K*	—	$980	$65,000
Wayne	$87K*	—	$1,010	$100,513
Sunsbury	$122K*	—	$1,000	$63,487
Summit	$204K*	—	$1,060	$76,688

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.