Housing in Center

A typical Center home is worth roughly $187,000

Typical home value

$187K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,010

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$990

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Center?

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

A town of owners99% of households own their home.Your money goes further25% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · The homes

1 of Center’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Center’s homes were built before 1993.

History →

Owners and renters

Own 99%Rent 1%

Ohio: 67% own.

1993

typical home built · OH 1970

$990

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.53%

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

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

Historic houses in Center

Young-Shaw HouseListed 1980

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

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

$365,000

Typical Center home $187K

That covers a typical Center home, with $178K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,060

Loan $920Tax $80Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $50 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Olive$158K Noble$172K Enoch$194K Caldwell$185K Buffalo$152K Marion$164K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Center’s typical property tax (0.53% 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 $1,010

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$770

1 bedroom$770

2 bedrooms$1,010

3 bedrooms$1,260

4 bedrooms$1,460

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

67%

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

14%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Center vs. its neighbors

Center is the 2nd priciest of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Enoch$194K Center$187K Caldwell$185K Noble$172K Marion$164K Olive$158K Buffalo$152K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Center	$187K*	—	$1,010	—	$88,894
Olive	$158K*	—	$990	—	$55,028
Noble	$172K*	—	$990	—	$46,053
Enoch	$194K*	—	$990	—	—
Caldwell	$185K	+4.9%	$990	0	$51,208
Buffalo	$152K*	—	$970	—	$73,221
Marion	$164K*	—	$1,030	—	$31,648

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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.