Housing in Laurel

A typical Laurel home is worth roughly $312,000

Typical home value

$312K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,160

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,688

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Laurel?

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

Pricier than OH25% above the Ohio typical home.A town of owners89% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$262,000

Typical Laurel home $312K

That’s $49K short of a typical Laurel home.

The typical home, each month

$1,770

Loan $1,540Tax $140Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160 a month here, $610 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Benton$166K Perry$217K Falls$165K Good Hope$297K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Laurel’s typical property tax (0.54% 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

89% of Laurel households own their home

Half of Laurel’s homes were built before 1985.

Owners and renters

Own 89%Rent 11%

Ohio: 67% own.

1985

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,688

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.54%

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

16%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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 $1,160

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$880

1 bedroom$900

2 bedrooms$1,160

3 bedrooms$1,580

4 bedrooms$1,640

11%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

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

Next door

Laurel vs. its neighbors

Laurel is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Laurel$312K Good Hope$297K Perry$217K Benton$166K Falls$165K

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Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Laurel	$312K*	—	$1,160	$64,271
Benton	$166K*	—	$990	$83,333
Perry	$217K*	−8.3%†	$1,090	$59,229
Falls	$165K*	−2.9%†	$970	$62,904
Good Hope	$297K*	—	$1,210	$80,875

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.