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Housing in Ripley

A typical Ripley home is worth roughly $280,000

Typical home value
$280K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,000
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,745
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Ripley?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

90% of Ripley households own their home

Half of Ripley’s homes were built before 1995.

Owners and renters
Own 90%Rent 10%

Ohio: 67% own.

1995
typical home built · OH 1970
$2,745
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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 4.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$246,000
Typical Ripley home $280K

That’s $34K short of a typical Ripley home.

The typical home, each month
$1,700
Loan $1,390Tax $230Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $700 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Ripley’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 $1,000

Renters already here pay a median of $486, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$1,000
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,370
10%
of households rent · OH 33%
71
renter households
82%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · OH 46%
19%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$486
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.

Next door

Ripley vs. its neighbors

Ripley is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Ripley$280K*—$1,000$63,696
Washington$204K*+15.6%†$1,000$80,086
Clinton$169K*+4.1%†$1,000$72,336
Prairie$214K*—$1,080$68,319
Monroe$250K*+5.6%†$990$87,063
Knox$167K*—$1,010$65,990

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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