Housing in Good Hope

A typical Good Hope home is worth roughly $297,000

Typical home value

$297K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,210

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,129

OH $2,822

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.7 years of income

About the same as across Ohio. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$324,000

Typical Good Hope home $297K

That covers a typical Good Hope home, with $27K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,730

Loan $1,470Tax $180Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,210 a month here, $520 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Falls$165K Berne$235K Laurel$312K Madison$263K Marion$249K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Good Hope’s typical property tax (0.72% 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 $1,210

Renters already here pay a median of $980, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$910

1 bedroom$930

2 bedrooms$1,210

3 bedrooms$1,640

4 bedrooms$1,710

15%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

22%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · OH 46%

18%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$980

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

85% of Good Hope households own their home

Half of Good Hope’s homes were built before 1982.

Owners and renters

Own 85%Rent 15%

Ohio: 67% own.

1982

typical home built · OH 1970

$2,129

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.72%

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.

Next door

Good Hope vs. its neighbors

Good Hope is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Laurel$312K Good Hope$297K Madison$263K Marion$249K Berne$235K Falls$165K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Good Hope	$297K*	—	$1,210	—	$80,875
Falls	$165K*	−2.9%†	$970	—	$62,904
Berne	$235K*	+13.8%†	$1,150	2	$83,463
Laurel	$312K*	—	$1,160	—	$64,271
Madison	$263K*	+6.2%†	$1,150	—	$94,653
Marion	$249K*	+2.8%†	$1,010	—	$90,857

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.