Housing in Coal

A typical Coal home is worth roughly $59,000

Typical home value

$59K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$990

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,150

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Coal?

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

Your money goes further76% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$190,000

Typical Coal home $59K

That covers a typical Coal home, with $131K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$400

Loan $290Tax $100Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $590 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Salt Lick$88K Ward$115K Monroe$88K Falls$165K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Coal’s typical property tax (1.95% 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 $990

Renters already here pay a median of $508, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790

1 bedroom$800

2 bedrooms$990

3 bedrooms$1,230

4 bedrooms$1,440

29%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

$508

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

72% of Coal households own their home

Half of Coal’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters

Own 72%Rent 29%

Ohio: 67% own.

1975

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,150

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.95%

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

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Coal vs. its neighbors

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

Falls$165K Ward$115K Monroe$88K Salt Lick$88K Coal$59K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Coal	$59K*	—	$990	$55,893
Salt Lick	$88K*	—	$1,000	$56,346
Ward	$115K*	—	$970	$47,250
Monroe	$88K*	—	$970	$42,548
Falls	$165K*	−2.9%†	$970	$62,904

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.