A typical Gibson home is worth roughly $225,000
Builders were permitted 4 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Gibson?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
88% of Gibson households own their home
Half of Gibson’s homes were built before 1964.
Ohio: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
A typical home costs 2.6 years of income
Less than across Ohio (3.5 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Gibson home, with $111K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $370 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Gibson’s typical property tax (0.88% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $836, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Darke County, OH): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
4 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 4 new homes in Gibson in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.5 million to build. That's 1.7 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Ohio (3.3). Over the past 10 years, Gibson has permitted 29 homes in all.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 2 | 2 | 0 | $734,000 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $2 million |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Gibson vs. its neighbors
Gibson is the 3rd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
Compare more
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson | $225K* | — | $970 | 4 | $85,648 |
| Recovery | $281K* | — | $970 | 5 | $107,083 |
| Fort Recovery | $354K | +7% | $970 | 5 | $66,563 |
| Mississinawa | $119K* | — | $1,070 | — | $72,143 |
| Granville | $295K* | — | $970 | 5 | $113,355 |
| Madison | $117K* | +3.1%† | $960 | — | $56,786 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Gibson buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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.