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Housing in Dixon

A typical Dixon home is worth roughly $187,000

Home prices around Dixon have risen about 54% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$187K
▲ 7.9% in a year · OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,461
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Dixon?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 54% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Dixon rose 54% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Ohio. Last year prices rose 7.9%.

Dixon areaOhio
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+7.9%
past year
+54%
past 5 years
+100%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Dixon, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Dixon

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$261,000
Typical Dixon home $187K

That covers a typical Dixon home, with $74K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,190
Loan $930Tax $200Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $220 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Ohio typical property tax (1.31% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

70% of Dixon households own their home

Half of Dixon’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 70%Rent 30%

Ohio: 67% own.

1938
typical home built · OH 1970
$2,461
median property tax bill · OH $2,822

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $1,906.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,300
4 bedrooms$1,420
30%
of households rent · OH 33%
49
renter households
$1,906
median rent paid today · Census

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

Dixon vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Dixon$187K*+7.9%†$970$88,068
Gasper$215K*+5.6%†$970$85,769
Washington$234K*+2%†$970$84,861
Israel$193K*+27%†$980$69,630
Jackson$191K*+1.8%†$970$80,568

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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