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Housing in Scioto

A typical Scioto home is worth roughly $157,000

Typical home value
$157K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$878
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Scioto?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Scioto

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You could afford about
$290,000
Typical Scioto home $157K

That covers a typical Scioto home, with $133K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$900
Loan $780Tax $70Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $80 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Scioto’s typical property tax (0.56% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

89% of Scioto households own their home

Half of Scioto’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Ohio: 67% own.

1979
typical home built · OH 1970
$878
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
0.56%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$770
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,250
4 bedrooms$1,460
11%
of households rent · OH 33%
11
renter households

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

Scioto vs. its neighbors

Scioto is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Scioto$157K*—$980——
Newton$164K*—$970—$75,341
Valley$177K*−2.5%†$1,0102$64,340
Camp Creek$196K*+0.2%†$1,000—$79,464
Seal$158K*+8.6%†$1,020—$40,896
Union$156K*—$1,000——

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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