Housing in Fairfield

A typical Fairfield home is worth roughly $229,000

Typical home value

$229K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,050

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,122

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Fairfield?

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

A town of owners92% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · The homes

92% of Fairfield households own their home

Half of Fairfield’s homes were built before 1981.

Owners and renters

Own 92%Rent 8%

Ohio: 67% own.

1981

typical home built · OH 1970

$2,122

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.93%

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

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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$287,000

Typical Fairfield home $229K

That covers a typical Fairfield home, with $58K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,380

Loan $1,130Tax $180Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $330 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Wesley$143K Palmer$240K Barlow$246K Decatur$124K Dunham$206K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Fairfield’s typical property tax (0.93% 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 $1,050

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$820

1 bedroom$840

2 bedrooms$1,050

3 bedrooms$1,370

4 bedrooms$1,540

of households rent · OH 33%

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

Fairfield vs. its neighbors

Fairfield is the 3rd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Barlow$246K Palmer$240K Fairfield$229K Dunham$206K Wesley$143K Decatur$124K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Fairfield	$229K*	—	$1,050	$74,250
Wesley	$143K*	—	$1,100	—
Palmer	$240K*	—	$1,040	$85,769
Barlow	$246K*	−0.6%†	$980	$80,130
Decatur	$124K*	—	$1,190	$72,554
Dunham	$206K*	+4.7%†	$980	$71,063

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.

On the market in Fairfield

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

3930 Mack Rd Apt 132Realtor.com · Sep 23 ↗5446 Foxglove DrZillow · Sep 19 ↗103 Littlebrook DrZillow · Sep 19 ↗3 S Applewood CtZillow · Sep 17 ↗24 Eland CtZillow · Sep 17 ↗124 Chapel Hill DrZillow · Sep 16 ↗

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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.