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Housing in Chippewa Lake

A typical Chippewa Lake home is worth about $221,000

Up 3.6% in a year, 11% below the Ohio typical home.

Typical home value
$221K
▲ 3.6% in a year · OH $249K
Zillow
Median sale price
$548K
April 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
2
in April · 1 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,350
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,188
OH $2,822

Only 2 sales in April 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What kind of housing town is Chippewa Lake?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

81% of Chippewa Lake households own their home

Half of Chippewa Lake’s homes were built before 1955.

Owners and renters
Own 81%Rent 19%

Ohio: 67% own.

1955
typical home built · OH 1970
$2,188
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
1.21%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%
13%
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.

Price trend

Up 32.4% in five years

Faster than Ohio (29.2%).

Chippewa LakeOhio
$100K$125K$150K$175K$200K$225K$250K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryChippewa LakeOhio
2017$113,000$133,000
2018$125,000$141,000
2019$134,000$150,000
2020$142,000$158,000
2021$154,000$178,000
2022$169,000$195,000
2023$182,000$211,000
2024$194,000$224,000
2025$210,000$237,000
2026$215,000$245,000
August 2026$221,000$249,000
Then & now

A typical Chippewa Lake home worth $111K in September 2016 is worth about $221K today.

+$109K
+3.6%
past year
+32.4%
past 5 years
+98.1%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$276,000
Typical Chippewa Lake home $221K

That covers a typical Chippewa Lake home, with $56K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,380
Loan $1,090Tax $220Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,350 a month here, $30 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Chippewa Lake’s typical property tax (1.21% 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 $1,350

Renters already here pay a median of $1,038, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$990
1 bedroom$1,120
2 bedrooms$1,350
3 bedrooms$1,740
4 bedrooms$1,860
19%
of households rent · OH 33%
52
renter households
$1,038
median rent paid today · Census

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

On the market in Chippewa Lake

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, April 2026. 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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