Housing in Marion

A typical Marion home is worth roughly $178,000

Typical home value

$178K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,476

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 further28% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 5.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$138,000

Typical Marion home $178K

That’s $40K short of a typical Marion home.

The typical home, each month

$1,060

Loan $880Tax $120Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $90 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Beaver$165K Union$156K Madison$202K Beaver$166K Scioto$149K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Marion’s typical property tax (0.83% 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $691, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730

1 bedroom$750

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,220

4 bedrooms$1,440

41%

of households rent · OH 33%

109

renter households

32%

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

33%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$691

median rent paid today · Census

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

59% of Marion households own their home

Half of Marion’s homes were built before 1980.

Owners and renters

Own 59%Rent 41%

Ohio: 67% own.

1980

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,476

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.83%

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

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

Next door

Marion vs. its neighbors

Marion is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Madison$202K Marion$178K Beaver$166K Beaver$165K Union$156K Scioto$149K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Marion	$178K*	—	$970	—	$35,188
Beaver	$165K	+1.9%	$1,010	—	$50,911
Union	$156K*	—	$1,000	—	—
Madison	$202K*	+9%†	$990	—	$99,032
Beaver	$166K*	—	$970	2	—
Scioto	$149K*	−0.6%†	$990	—	$73,485

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.