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Housing in Monroe

A typical Monroe home is worth roughly $114,000

Typical home value
$114K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$892
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Monroe?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Monroe

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You could afford about
$261,000
Typical Monroe home $114K

That covers a typical Monroe home, with $147K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$720
Loan $560Tax $120Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $250 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Ohio typical property tax (1.31% 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

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,380
23%
of households rent · OH 33%
66
renter households

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

The homes

77% of Monroe households own their home

Half of Monroe’s homes were built before 1982.

Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

Ohio: 67% own.

1982
typical home built · OH 1970
$892
median property tax bill · OH $2,822

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Monroe vs. its neighbors

Monroe is the least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Monroe$114K*—$970$30,278
Manchester$149K+2.4%$970$29,344
Brush Creek$174K*—$1,020$67,308
Sprigg$205K*—$970$58,051
Tiffin$165K*+31.9%†$970$38,069

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.

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