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Housing in Mifflin

A typical Mifflin home is worth roughly $141,000

Home prices around Mifflin have risen about 55% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$141K
▲ 6.9% in a year · OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,308
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Mifflin?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Mifflin

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You could afford about
$270,000
Typical Mifflin home $141K

That covers a typical Mifflin home, with $129K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$870
Loan $700Tax $130Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $110 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Mifflin’s typical property tax (1.07% 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 55% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Mifflin rose 55% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Ohio. Last year prices rose 6.9%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Mifflin home at roughly $141,000 today.

Mifflin areaOhio
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+6.9%
past year
+55%
past 5 years
+81%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $141K.

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Mifflin, 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 $762, 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$1,210
4 bedrooms$1,360
20%
of households rent · OH 33%
84
renter households
68%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · OH 46%
$762
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

80% of Mifflin households own their home

Half of Mifflin’s homes were built before 1994.

Owners and renters
Own 80%Rent 20%

Ohio: 67% own.

1994
typical home built · OH 1970
$1,308
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
1.07%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%

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

Next door

Mifflin vs. its neighbors

Mifflin is the 3rd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Mifflin$141K*+6.9%†$980—
Benton$151K*—$1,030$33,365
Sunfish$139K*—$970$56,653
Franklin$167K*+6.5%†$980$66,250
Perry$96K*—$1,010$49,919
Brushcreek$158K*+2.8%†$970$65,670

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.

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