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Housing in Perry

A typical Perry home is worth roughly $96,000

Typical home value
$96K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,010
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$937
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 · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$193,000
Typical Perry home $96K

That covers a typical Perry home, with $97K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$580
Loan $470Tax $80Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $430 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Perry’s typical property tax (0.98% 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 $1,010

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760
1 bedroom$840
2 bedrooms$1,010
3 bedrooms$1,250
4 bedrooms$1,440
15%
of households rent · OH 33%

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

85% of Perry households own their home

Half of Perry’s homes were built before 1991.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Ohio: 67% own.

1991
typical home built · OH 1970
$937
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
0.98%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%

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

Next door

Perry vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Perry$96K*—$1,010$49,919
Mifflin$122K*+6.9%†$980—
Brushcreek$158K*+2.8%†$970$65,670
Paxton$158K*—$1,040$45,893
Benton$151K*—$1,030$33,365

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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