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Housing in Thompson

A typical Thompson home is worth roughly $353,000

Typical home value
$353K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,270
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,797
OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Thompson?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$638,000
Typical Thompson home $353K

That covers a typical Thompson home, with $286K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$2,170
Loan $1,750Tax $320Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,270 a month here, $900 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Thompson’s typical property tax (1.08% 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 Thompson’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Thompson’s homes were built before 1990.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Ohio: 67% own.

1990
typical home built · OH 1970
$3,797
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
1.08%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%
Historic houses in Thompson

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,270

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$970
1 bedroom$1,040
2 bedrooms$1,270
3 bedrooms$1,520
4 bedrooms$1,690
11%
of households rent · OH 33%
26
renter households

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

Next door

Thompson vs. its neighbors

Thompson is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Thompson$353K*—$1,270—$167,674
Radnor$414K+2.3%$1,320—$116,964
Scioto$420K*+11.4%†$1,410—$158,920
Prospect$263K+5.4%$1,2401$83,796
Claibourne$210K*+16.1%†$1,070—$66,163

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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