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Housing in Jackson

A typical Jackson home is worth roughly $134,000

Typical home value
$134K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,280
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,422
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Jackson?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$259,000
Typical Jackson home $134K

That covers a typical Jackson home, with $125K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$820
Loan $660Tax $120Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,280 a month here, $460 more 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, Jackson’s typical property tax (1.06% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

88% of Jackson households own their home

Half of Jackson’s homes were built before 1959.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 12%

Ohio: 67% own.

1959
typical home built · OH 1970
$1,422
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
1.06%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,280

Renters already here pay a median of $631, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$950
1 bedroom$980
2 bedrooms$1,280
3 bedrooms$1,660
4 bedrooms$1,890
12%
of households rent · OH 33%
26
renter households
$631
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Jackson vs. its neighbors

Jackson is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Jackson$134K*—$1,280—$67,679
Henry$120K*+18.4%†$1,140—$61,708
Bartlow$124K*—$1,0302$81,429
Pleasant$174K*+5.1%†$1,080—$73,023
Milton$171K*—$1,400—$99,722

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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