Housing in Rome

A typical Rome home is worth roughly $90,000

#116Lowest property tax in OH All OH rankings →

Typical home value

$90K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,130

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,570

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Rome?

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

Your money goes further64% below the Ohio typical home.Low bills, high rateTax bills are among OH’s lowest (#116), but the rate is high: 1.75% of value a year vs 1.31%.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.6 years of income

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

You could afford about

$192,000

Typical Rome home $90K

That covers a typical Rome home, with $102K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$600

Loan $440Tax $130Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $530 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Decatur$124K Canaan$277K Carthage$135K Troy$174K

How Rome ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Rome’s typical property tax (1.75% 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

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$930

1 bedroom$950

2 bedrooms$1,130

3 bedrooms$1,390

4 bedrooms$1,620

13%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

79%

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

24%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

87% of Rome households own their home

Half of Rome’s homes were built before 1986.

Owners and renters

Own 87%Rent 13%

Ohio: 67% own.

1986

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,570

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.75%

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

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Rome vs. its neighbors

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

Canaan$277K Troy$174K Carthage$135K Decatur$124K Rome$90K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Rome	$90K*	—	$1,130	$55,399
Decatur	$124K*	—	$1,190	$72,554
Canaan	$277K*	+6.3%†	$1,260	$57,955
Carthage	$135K*	—	$1,030	$53,670
Troy	$174K*	—	$980	$56,389

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.