Housing in Middleton

A typical Middleton home is worth roughly $195,000

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Typical home value

$195K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$990

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,677

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Middleton?

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

Rent is cheap#50 in OH for the cheapest rent.Your money goes further22% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $990

Renters already here pay a median of $704, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710

1 bedroom$790

2 bedrooms$990

3 bedrooms$1,240

4 bedrooms$1,320

13%

of households rent · OH 33%

127

renter households

44%

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

14%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$704

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Columbiana County, OH): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.3 years of income

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

You could afford about

$341,000

Typical Middleton home $195K

That covers a typical Middleton home, with $146K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,160

Loan $970Tax $140Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $170 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

St. Clair$162K Unity$146K Elkrun$193K South Beaver$222K Darlington$161K Madison$168K

How Middleton ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Middleton’s typical property tax (0.86% 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

88% of Middleton households own their home

Half of Middleton’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters

Own 88%Rent 13%

Ohio: 67% own.

1979

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,677

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.86%

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

Middleton vs. its neighbors

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

South Beaver$222K Middleton$195K Elkrun$193K Madison$168K St. Clair$162K Darlington$161K Unity$146K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Middleton	$195K*	—	$990	—	$86,705
St. Clair	$162K*	+4.8%†	$980	—	$57,672
Unity	$146K*	−3.9%†	$1,030	—	$51,930
Elkrun	$193K*	+9.3%†	$1,060	—	$80,625
South Beaver	$222K*	—	$1,090	2	$87,538
Darlington	$161K*	—	$1,050	3	$64,107
Madison	$168K*	+9.2%†	$1,030	—	$88,457

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.