Housing in Marion

A typical Marion home is worth roughly $133,000

Typical home value

$133K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$990

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,307

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Marion?

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

Your money goes further47% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$239,000

Typical Marion home $133K

That covers a typical Marion home, with $106K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$810

Loan $660Tax $110Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $180 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Windsor$140K Wesley$143K Homer$189K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Marion’s typical property tax (0.98% 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 $990

Renters already here pay a median of $694, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760

1 bedroom$880

2 bedrooms$990

3 bedrooms$1,220

4 bedrooms$1,480

17%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

30%

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

19%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$694

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Athens County, OH): 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 Marion households own their home

Half of Marion’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters

Own 84%Rent 17%

Ohio: 67% own.

1977

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,307

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.98%

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

11%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Marion vs. its neighbors

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

Homer$189K Wesley$143K Windsor$140K Marion$133K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Marion	$133K*	—	$990	$61,607
Windsor	$140K*	—	$1,050	$55,714
Wesley	$143K*	—	$1,100	—
Homer	$189K*	—	$1,000	$75,712

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.