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Housing in Patterson

A typical Patterson home is worth roughly $300,000

Typical home value
$300K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,000
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,045
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Patterson?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

93% of Patterson households own their home

Half of Patterson’s homes were built before 1955.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Ohio: 67% own.

1955
typical home built · OH 1970
$3,045
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
1.02%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%

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

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
$387,000
Typical Patterson home $300K

That covers a typical Patterson home, with $87K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,830
Loan $1,490Tax $250Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $830 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Patterson’s typical property tax (1.02% 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 $1,000

Renters already here pay a median of $850, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,000
3 bedrooms$1,320
4 bedrooms$1,340
7%
of households rent · OH 33%
28
renter households
64%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · OH 46%
12%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$850
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Patterson vs. its neighbors

Patterson is the 3rd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Patterson$300K*—$1,000—$100,948
Cynthian$282K*—$1,000—$64,975
Wayne$243K*−3.9%†$980—$85,735
Wabash$303K*—$1,120—$92,250
Marion$308K*—$9807$102,422
York—−5%†$970—$62,103
McLean$278K*—$990—$93,333

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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