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Housing in Gustavus

A typical Gustavus home is worth roughly $198,000

Typical home value
$198K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,481
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Gustavus?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$171,000
Typical Gustavus home $198K

That’s $27K short of a typical Gustavus home.

The typical home, each month
$1,250
Loan $980Tax $210Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $270 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Gustavus’s typical property tax (1.25% 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 $980

Renters already here pay a median of $954.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,270
4 bedrooms$1,350
28%
of households rent · OH 33%
94
renter households
$954
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

72% of Gustavus households own their home

Half of Gustavus’s homes were built before 1962.

Owners and renters
Own 72%Rent 28%

Ohio: 67% own.

1962
typical home built · OH 1970
$2,481
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
1.25%
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

Gustavus vs. its neighbors

Gustavus is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Gustavus$198K*—$980$46,313
Greene$172K*—$980$50,769
Johnston$181K*—$980$60,875
Kinsman$214K+7.4%$970$62,153

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.

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