Housing in Valley

A typical Valley home is worth roughly $135,000

#93Cheapest rent in OH All OH rankings →

Typical home value

$135K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$990

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,051

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Valley?

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

Your money goes further46% below the Ohio typical home.Rent is cheap#93 in OH for the cheapest rent.

★ 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 Valley home $135K

That covers a typical Valley home, with $87K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$800

Loan $670Tax $90Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $190 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Jackson$118K Spencer$98K Richland$195K Buffalo$152K

How Valley ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Valley’s typical property tax (0.78% 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 $990

Renters already here pay a median of $878, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760

1 bedroom$760

2 bedrooms$990

3 bedrooms$1,290

4 bedrooms$1,560

27%

of households rent · OH 33%

196

renter households

38%

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

21%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$878

median rent paid today · Census

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

73% of Valley households own their home

Half of Valley’s homes were built before 1965.

Owners and renters

Own 73%Rent 27%

Ohio: 67% own.

1965

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,051

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.78%

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

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Valley vs. its neighbors

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

Richland$195K Buffalo$152K Valley$135K Jackson$118K Spencer$98K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Valley	$135K*	—	$990	$55,625
Jackson	$118K*	—	$980	$51,487
Spencer	$98K*	—	$970	$72,813
Richland	$195K*	—	$1,120	$74,784
Buffalo	$152K*	—	$970	$73,221

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.