Housing in Johnston

A typical Johnston home is worth roughly $181,000

Typical home value

$181K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$980

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,520

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Johnston?

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

Your money goes further27% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3 years of income

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

You could afford about

$222,000

Typical Johnston home $181K

That covers a typical Johnston home, with $41K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,160

Loan $900Tax $210Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $180 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Cortland$237K Gustavus$198K Vernon$173K Mecca$154K Fowler$262K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Johnston’s typical property tax (1.39% 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

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730

1 bedroom$780

2 bedrooms$980

3 bedrooms$1,270

4 bedrooms$1,350

22%

of households rent · OH 33%

156

renter households

70%

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

19%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

78% of Johnston households own their home

Half of Johnston’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters

Own 78%Rent 22%

Ohio: 67% own.

1979

typical home built · OH 1970

$2,520

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.39%

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

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

Next door

Johnston vs. its neighbors

Johnston is the 3rd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Fowler$262K Cortland$237K Gustavus$198K Johnston$181K Vernon$173K Mecca$154K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Johnston	$181K*	—	$980	$60,875
Cortland	$237K	+6.1%	$970	$71,563
Gustavus	$198K*	—	$980	$46,313
Vernon	$173K*	—	$970	$54,750
Mecca	$154K*	+0.3%†	$980	$53,571
Fowler	$262K	+4.7%	$1,010	$75,924

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.