Housing in Jefferson

A typical Jefferson home is worth roughly $178,000

Typical home value

$178K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$980

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,576

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Jefferson?

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

Your money goes further28% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$328,000

Typical Jefferson home $178K

That covers a typical Jefferson home, with $150K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,060

Loan $880Tax $130Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $80 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Clark$267K Marion$200K Washington$214K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Jefferson’s typical property tax (0.89% 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 $873, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740

1 bedroom$800

2 bedrooms$980

3 bedrooms$1,280

4 bedrooms$1,600

16%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

34%

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

14%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$873

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Brown 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

84% of Jefferson households own their home

Half of Jefferson’s homes were built before 1980.

Owners and renters

Own 84%Rent 16%

Ohio: 67% own.

1980

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,576

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.89%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Jefferson vs. its neighbors

Jefferson is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Clark$267K Washington$214K Marion$200K Jefferson$178K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Jefferson	$178K*	—	$980	$83,704
Clark	$267K*	—	$1,100	$97,806
Marion	$200K*	+7.4%†	$1,060	$59,840
Washington	$214K*	+5.9%†	$1,060	$66,736

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.