Housing in Knox

A typical Knox home is worth roughly $167,000

Typical home value

$167K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,010

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,632

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Knox?

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

Your money goes further33% below the Ohio typical home.A town of owners95% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.5 years of income

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

You could afford about

$235,000

Typical Knox home $167K

That covers a typical Knox home, with $68K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,090

Loan $830Tax $220Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $80 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Washington$204K Monroe$250K Richland$141K Ripley$280K Jefferson$412K Hanover$193K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Knox’s typical property tax (1.58% 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

95% of Knox households own their home

Half of Knox’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters

Own 95%Rent 5%

Ohio: 67% own.

1976

typical home built · OH 1970

$2,632

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.58%

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

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750

1 bedroom$800

2 bedrooms$1,010

3 bedrooms$1,280

4 bedrooms$1,410

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

18%

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

18%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Next door

Knox vs. its neighbors

Knox is the 2nd least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Jefferson$412K Ripley$280K Monroe$250K Washington$204K Hanover$193K Knox$167K Richland$141K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Knox	$167K*	—	$1,010	—	$65,990
Washington	$204K*	+15.6%†	$1,000	—	$80,086
Monroe	$250K*	+5.6%†	$990	—	$87,063
Richland	$141K*	—	$1,050	—	$50,000
Ripley	$280K*	—	$1,000	—	$63,696
Jefferson	$412K*	—	$1,010	2	$116,579
Hanover	$193K*	+15.2%†	$990	—	$55,417

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.