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Typical home value
$114K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,225
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Morgan?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$179,000
Typical Morgan home $114K

That covers a typical Morgan home, with $65K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$700
Loan $560Tax $100Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $280 more than owning.

How Morgan ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Morgan’s typical property tax (1.08% 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 $980

Renters already here pay a median of $728, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$880
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,470
41%
of households rent · OH 33%
392
renter households
56%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · OH 46%
25%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$728
median rent paid today · Census

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

59% of Morgan households own their home

Half of Morgan’s homes were built before 1962.

Owners and renters
Own 59%Rent 41%

Ohio: 67% own.

1962
typical home built · OH 1970
$1,225
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
1.08%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%
8%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Morgan vs. its neighbors

Morgan is the 3rd least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Morgan$114K*—$980—$47,337
Malta$161K+6.8%$1,050—$54,306
Meigsville$202K*—$980—$85,385
Bloom$112K*—$9800$72,361
McConnelsville$170K+3.6%$9801$50,231
Malta$98K*—$1,0600$38,523
Windsor$140K*—$1,050—$55,714

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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