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Housing in East

A typical East home is worth roughly $178,000

Typical home value
$178K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,160
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,220
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is East?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in East

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You could afford about
$261,000
Typical East home $178K

That covers a typical East home, with $84K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,130
Loan $880Tax $190Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160 a month here, $30 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160

Renters already here pay a median of $971, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$820
1 bedroom$920
2 bedrooms$1,160
3 bedrooms$1,450
4 bedrooms$1,540
25%
of households rent · OH 33%
35
renter households
$971
median rent paid today · Census

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

75% of East households own their home

Half of East’s homes were built before 1957.

Owners and renters
Own 75%Rent 25%

Ohio: 67% own.

1957
typical home built · OH 1970
$1,220
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.

Next door

East vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
East$178K*—$1,160$40,885
Augusta$251K*+2.6%†$1,060$84,000
Franklin$180K*—$1,150$116,406
Washington$198K*+15.8%†$970$64,722
Fox$190K*—$1,030$70,366

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.

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