Housing in Rush

A typical Rush home is worth roughly $179,000

Typical home value

$179K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,300

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,759

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Rush?

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

Your money goes further28% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$243,000

Typical Rush home $179K

That covers a typical Rush home, with $63K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,090

Loan $890Tax $150Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,300 a month here, $210 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Wayne$244K Allen$351K Union$243K Goshen$221K

How Rush ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Rush’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 $1,300

Renters already here pay a median of $1,014, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,000

1 bedroom$1,010

2 bedrooms$1,300

3 bedrooms$1,570

4 bedrooms$1,740

27%

of households rent · OH 33%

281

renter households

50%

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

25%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,014

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

73% of Rush households own their home

Half of Rush’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters

Own 73%Rent 27%

Ohio: 67% own.

1978

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,759

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.

Next door

Rush vs. its neighbors

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

Allen$351K Wayne$244K Union$243K Goshen$221K Rush$179K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Rush	$179K*	—	$1,300	$63,194
Wayne	$244K*	—	$1,280	$93,061
Allen	$351K*	+1.5%†	$1,400	$138,971
Union	$243K*	−4.9%†	$1,360	$108,438
Goshen	$221K*	+1.2%†	$1,080	$73,902

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.