Housing in Mead

A typical Mead home is worth roughly $156,000

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Typical home value

$156K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,000

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,485

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Mead?

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

Low tax bills#150 of 1,022 in OH for the lowest property tax bills.Your money goes further37% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$213,000

Typical Mead home $156K

That covers a typical Mead home, with $57K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$940

Loan $770Tax $120Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $60 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

York$115K Shadyside$147K Pultney$111K Moundsville$128K Glen Dale$198K Richland$226K Washington$172K

How Mead ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Mead’s typical property tax (0.95% 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 $1,000

Renters already here pay a median of $784, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690

1 bedroom$830

2 bedrooms$1,000

3 bedrooms$1,290

4 bedrooms$1,440

22%

of households rent · OH 33%

465

renter households

39%

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

22%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$784

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Wheeling, WV-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 Mead households own their home

Half of Mead’s homes were built before 1960.

Owners and renters

Own 78%Rent 22%

Ohio: 67% own.

1960

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,485

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.95%

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

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Mead vs. its neighbors

Mead is the 4th priciest of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Richland$226K Glen Dale$198K Washington$172K Mead$156K Shadyside$147K Moundsville$128K York$115K Pultney$111K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Mead	$156K*	—	$1,000	—	$54,700
York	$115K*	—	$1,000	—	$57,222
Shadyside	$147K	+0.7%	$970	1	$54,153
Pultney	$111K*	—	$970	—	$46,696
Moundsville	$128K	+1.4%	$1,010	0	$49,048
Glen Dale	$198K	+5.6%	$1,060	0	$82,308
Richland	$226K*	+4.4%†	$1,080	—	$77,176
Washington	$172K*	—	$1,060	—	—

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.