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Housing in Syracuse

A typical Syracuse home is worth roughly $121,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$121K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,010
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,198
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Syracuse?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$177,000
Typical Syracuse home $121K

That covers a typical Syracuse home, with $56K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$740
Loan $600Tax $100Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $270 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Syracuse’s typical property tax (0.99% 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 $1,010

Renters already here pay a median of $846, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$1,010
3 bedrooms$1,210
4 bedrooms$1,610
37%
of households rent · OH 33%
104
renter households
$846
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Syracuse in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (1 new home).

Single-family
01234 2013201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
18
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024110$273,000
2023000—
2022440$1.1 million
2021110$245,000
2020110$238,000
2019220$452,000
2018330$644,000
2017330$762,000
2016330$762,000
2015000—
2014330$706,000
2013110$183,000

Syracuse's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

63% of Syracuse households own their home

Half of Syracuse’s homes were built before 1980.

Owners and renters
Own 63%Rent 37%

Ohio: 67% own.

1980
typical home built · OH 1970
$1,198
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
0.99%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%
4%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Syracuse vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Syracuse. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Syracuse$121K*—$1,0100$46,250
Sutton$124K*—$1,020—$41,413

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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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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