Housing in Prairie

A typical Prairie home is worth roughly $214,000

Typical home value

$214K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,080

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,328

OH $2,822

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$258,000

Typical Prairie home $214K

That covers a typical Prairie home, with $44K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,320

Loan $1,060Tax $190Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $240 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Salt Creek$415K Hardy$250K Ripley$280K Franklin$276K Monroe$250K

How Prairie ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Prairie’s typical property tax (1.09% 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 $1,080

Renters already here pay a median of $1,023.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$810

1 bedroom$820

2 bedrooms$1,080

3 bedrooms$1,330

4 bedrooms$1,450

23%

of households rent · OH 33%

116

renter households

18%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · OH 46%

19%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,023

median rent paid today · Census

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

1 of Prairie’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Prairie’s homes were built before 1989.

History →

Owners and renters

Own 78%Rent 23%

Ohio: 67% own.

1989

typical home built · OH 1970

$2,328

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.09%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%

Historic houses in Prairie

Croco HouseListed 1985

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Next door

Prairie vs. its neighbors

Prairie is the least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Salt Creek$415K Ripley$280K Franklin$276K Monroe$250K Hardy$250K Prairie$214K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Prairie	$214K*	—	$1,080	$68,319
Salt Creek	$415K*	—	$980	$85,250
Hardy	$250K*	+5.6%†	$970	$63,102
Ripley	$280K*	—	$1,000	$63,696
Franklin	$276K*	+4.2%†	$1,040	$71,384
Monroe	$250K*	+5.6%†	$990	$87,063

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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.