Housing in Meigs

A typical Meigs home is worth roughly $182,000

Home prices around Meigs have risen about 54% over the past 5 years.

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Typical home value

$182K

▲ 6.5% in a year · OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$980

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,357

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Meigs?

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

Low tax bills#101 of 1,022 in OH for the lowest property tax bills.Prices climbing fastUp 6.5% in a year.Your money goes further27% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3 years of income

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

You could afford about

$235,000

Typical Meigs home $182K

That covers a typical Meigs home, with $53K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,080

Loan $900Tax $130Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $100 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Oliver$227K Scott$158K Tiffin$165K Franklin$167K Bratton$171K Jefferson$89K

How Meigs ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Meigs’s typical property tax (0.85% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 54% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Meigs rose 54% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Ohio. Last year prices rose 6.5%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Meigs home at roughly $182,000 today.

Meigs areaOhio

+6.5%

past year

+54%

past 5 years

+80%

past 10 years

Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $182K.

How Meigs ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Meigs, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Renters already here pay a median of $807, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740

1 bedroom$790

2 bedrooms$980

3 bedrooms$1,230

4 bedrooms$1,340

39%

of households rent · OH 33%

517

renter households

40%

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

20%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$807

median rent paid today · Census

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

61% of Meigs households own their home

Half of Meigs’s homes were built before 1974.

Owners and renters

Own 61%Rent 39%

Ohio: 67% own.

1974

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,357

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.85%

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

Meigs vs. its neighbors

Meigs is the 2nd priciest of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Oliver$227K Meigs$182K Bratton$171K Franklin$167K Tiffin$165K Scott$158K Jefferson$89K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Meigs	$182K*	+6.5%†	$980	$59,792
Oliver	$227K*	+23.3%†	$980	—
Scott	$158K*	—	$1,090	$52,500
Tiffin	$165K*	+31.9%†	$970	$38,069
Franklin	$167K*	+6.5%†	$980	$66,250
Bratton	$171K*	+6.5%†	$980	$53,043
Jefferson	$89K*	—	$1,040	—

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.