Housing in Sunfish

A typical Sunfish home is worth roughly $139,000

Typical home value

$139K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,261

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Sunfish?

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

Your money goes further44% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.4 years of income

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

You could afford about

$222,000

Typical Sunfish home $139K

That covers a typical Sunfish home, with $83K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$830

Loan $690Tax $110Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $140 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Franklin$167K Rarden$47K Mifflin$122K Newton$164K Pebble$214K Benton$151K Camp Creek$196K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Sunfish’s typical property tax (0.91% 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $1,113.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740

1 bedroom$740

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,210

4 bedrooms$1,430

22%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

23%

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

21%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,113

median rent paid today · Census

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.

The homes

78% of Sunfish households own their home

Half of Sunfish’s homes were built before 1988.

Owners and renters

Own 78%Rent 22%

Ohio: 67% own.

1988

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,261

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.91%

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

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

Next door

Sunfish vs. its neighbors

Sunfish is the 3rd least expensive of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Pebble$214K Camp Creek$196K Franklin$167K Newton$164K Benton$151K Sunfish$139K Mifflin$122K Rarden$47K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Sunfish	$139K*	—	$970	$56,653
Franklin	$167K*	+6.5%†	$980	$66,250
Rarden	$47K*	—	$980	$36,786
Mifflin	$122K*	+6.9%†	$980	—
Newton	$164K*	—	$970	$75,341
Pebble	$214K*	+1.3%†	$1,050	$59,659
Benton	$151K*	—	$1,030	$33,365
Camp Creek	$196K*	+0.2%†	$1,000	$79,464

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.