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Housing in Smithfield

A typical Smithfield home is worth roughly $92,000

Typical home value
$92K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,020
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$781
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Smithfield?

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

★ 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
$228,000
Typical Smithfield home $92K

That covers a typical Smithfield home, with $135K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$550
Loan $460Tax $70Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $470 more than owning.

How Smithfield ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Smithfield’s typical property tax (0.85% 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

1 of Smithfield’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Smithfield’s homes were built before 1948.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 78%Rent 22%

Ohio: 67% own.

1948
typical home built · OH 1970
$781
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
0.85%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Smithfield

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020

Renters already here pay a median of $842, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$800
2 bedrooms$1,020
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,520
22%
of households rent · OH 33%
212
renter households
65%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · OH 46%
21%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$842
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Smithfield vs. its neighbors

Smithfield is the 2nd least expensive of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Smithfield$92K*—$1,020—$57,718
Mount Pleasant$114K*—$1,020—$71,571
Wayne$174K*+35.6%†$1,060—$61,250
Warren$110K*—$970—$54,804
Short Creek$121K*—$990—$54,167
Wells$89K*—$1,020—$48,977
Dillonvale$279K+0.2%$9800$47,788
Green$105K*—$1,040—$41,698

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.

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