A typical Gratis home is worth roughly $155,000
What kind of housing town is Gratis?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2 years of income
Less than across Ohio (3.5 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Gratis home, with $152K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $130 more than owning.
How Gratis ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Gratis’s typical property tax (0.83% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
90% of Gratis households own their home
Half of Gratis’s homes were built before 1974.
Ohio: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050
Renters already here pay a median of $825, 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 (Preble County, OH): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Gratis vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Gratis. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gratis | $155K* | — | $1,050 | $77,500 |
| Lanier | $196K* | +3.1%† | $1,000 | $62,689 |
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 Gratis buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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.