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Housing in Perry

A typical Perry home is worth about $297,000

Up 2% in a year, 20% above the Ohio typical home.

Typical home value
$297K
▲ 2% in a year · OH $249K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$1,130
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,907
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Perry?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

92% of Perry households own their home

Half of Perry’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Ohio: 67% own.

1979
typical home built · OH 1970
$2,907
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
1.21%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%

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

Price trend

Up 22.4% in five years

Slower than Ohio (29.2%).

PerryOhio
$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryPerryOhio
2017$185,000$133,000
2018$190,000$141,000
2019$195,000$150,000
2020$204,000$158,000
2021$224,000$178,000
2022$248,000$195,000
2023$262,000$211,000
2024$273,000$224,000
2025$288,000$237,000
2026$294,000$245,000
August 2026$297,000$249,000
Then & now

A typical Perry home worth $182K in September 2016 is worth about $297K today.

+$115K
+2%
past year
+22.4%
past 5 years
+63.4%
since 2016

How Perry ranks on rising home prices →

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$388,000
Typical Perry home $297K

That covers a typical Perry home, with $91K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,860
Loan $1,470Tax $300Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $730 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Perry ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Perry’s typical property tax (1.21% 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 $1,130

Renters already here pay a median of $891, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$820
1 bedroom$930
2 bedrooms$1,130
3 bedrooms$1,450
4 bedrooms$1,550
8%
of households rent · OH 33%
228
renter households
58%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · OH 46%
13%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$891
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Perry vs. its neighbors

Perry is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Perry$297K+2%$1,130$103,882
Leroy$329K*+6.2%†$1,250$114,250
Painesville$231K+3.2%$1,220$82,045
Madison$238K+3.4%$1,320$73,533

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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What Perry buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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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