Housing in German

A typical German home is worth roughly $88,000

Typical home value

$88K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,140

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,061

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is German?

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

Your money goes further65% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.6 years of income

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

You could afford about

$206,000

Typical German home $88K

That covers a typical German home, with $117K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$550

Loan $440Tax $90Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,140 a month here, $590 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Rumley$164K Springfield$100K Wayne$174K Green$105K Salem$168K Loudon$108K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, German’s typical property tax (1.20% 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 $1,140

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$870

1 bedroom$880

2 bedrooms$1,140

3 bedrooms$1,500

4 bedrooms$1,530

35%

of households rent · OH 33%

116

renter households

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

The homes

65% of German households own their home

Half of German’s homes were built before 1987.

Owners and renters

Own 65%Rent 35%

Ohio: 67% own.

1987

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,061

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.20%

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

German vs. its neighbors

German is the least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Wayne$174K Salem$168K Rumley$164K Loudon$108K Green$105K Springfield$100K German$88K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
German	$88K*	—	$1,140	$54,773
Rumley	$164K*	—	$1,040	$54,167
Springfield	$100K*	—	$1,040	$61,406
Wayne	$174K*	+35.6%†	$1,060	$61,250
Green	$105K*	—	$1,040	$41,698
Salem	$168K*	—	$1,100	$70,288
Loudon	$108K*	—	$1,090	$57,727

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.