Housing in Cross Creek

A typical Cross Creek home is worth roughly $141,000

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Typical home value

$141K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,090

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,597

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Cross Creek?

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

Your money goes further43% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$271,000

Typical Cross Creek home $141K

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

The typical home, each month

$870

Loan $700Tax $130Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090 a month here, $220 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Steubenville$131K Island Creek$142K Wintersville$173K Wayne$174K Wells$89K Steubenville$130K

How Cross Creek ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Cross Creek’s typical property tax (1.13% 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 $1,090

Renters already here pay a median of $915, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$840

1 bedroom$850

2 bedrooms$1,090

3 bedrooms$1,440

4 bedrooms$1,650

31%

of households rent · OH 33%

968

renter households

38%

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

18%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$915

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

69% of Cross Creek households own their home

Half of Cross Creek’s homes were built before 1967.

Owners and renters

Own 69%Rent 31%

Ohio: 67% own.

1967

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,597

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.13%

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

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Cross Creek vs. its neighbors

Cross Creek is the 4th least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Wayne$174K Wintersville$173K Island Creek$142K Cross Creek$141K Steubenville$131K Steubenville$130K Wells$89K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Cross Creek	$141K*	—	$1,090	—	$72,003
Steubenville	$131K*	+12.2%†	$1,030	2	$48,172
Island Creek	$142K*	+10.6%†	$1,020	—	$67,805
Wintersville	$173K	+4.1%	$1,090	0	$76,768
Wayne	$174K*	+35.6%†	$1,060	—	$61,250
Wells	$89K*	—	$1,020	—	$48,977
Steubenville	$130K	+3.4%	$1,080	—	$53,043

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.