Housing in Union

A typical Union home is worth roughly $156,000

Typical home value

$156K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,280

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,739

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Union?

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

Your money goes further38% below the Ohio typical home.Older homesThe typical home was built around 1949.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about

$302,000

Typical Union home $156K

That covers a typical Union home, with $147K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$960

Loan $770Tax $140Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,280 a month here, $320 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Eagle$173K Blanchard$199K Orange$197K Riley$171K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Union’s typical property tax (1.12% 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

85% of Union households own their home

Half of Union’s homes were built before 1949.

Owners and renters

Own 85%Rent 15%

Ohio: 67% own.

1949

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,739

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.12%

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

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,280

Renters already here pay a median of $1,293.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$900

1 bedroom$980

2 bedrooms$1,280

3 bedrooms$1,670

4 bedrooms$1,900

15%

of households rent · OH 33%

103

renter households

13%

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

19%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,293

median rent paid today · Census

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

Union vs. its neighbors

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

Blanchard$199K Orange$197K Eagle$173K Riley$171K Union$156K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Union	$156K*	—	$1,280	—	$80,000
Eagle	$173K*	+6.3%†	$1,210	4	$98,713
Blanchard	$199K*	+4.2%†	$1,150	—	$87,500
Orange	$197K*	+7%†	$1,060	—	$74,966
Riley	$171K*	+2.8%†	$1,140	—	$65,769

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.