Housing in Wabash

A typical Wabash home is worth roughly $303,000

Typical home value

$303K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,120

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,473

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Wabash?

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

A town of owners97% of households own their home.Pricier than OH22% above the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · The homes

97% of Wabash households own their home

Half of Wabash’s homes were built before 1968.

Owners and renters

Own 97%Rent 3%

Ohio: 67% own.

1968

typical home built · OH 1970

$2,473

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.82%

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

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.3 years of income

About the same as across Ohio. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$362,000

Typical Wabash home $303K

That covers a typical Wabash home, with $60K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,790

Loan $1,500Tax $210Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,120 a month here, $670 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Allen$209K Patterson$300K Granville$295K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wabash’s typical property tax (0.82% 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 $1,120

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$920

1 bedroom$930

2 bedrooms$1,120

3 bedrooms$1,490

4 bedrooms$1,500

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

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

Wabash vs. its neighbors

Wabash is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Wabash$303K Patterson$300K Granville$295K Allen$209K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Wabash	$303K*	—	$1,120	—	$92,250
Allen	$209K*	—	$1,140	—	$80,536
Patterson	$300K*	—	$1,000	—	$100,948
Granville	$295K*	—	$970	5	$113,355
York	—	−5%†	$970	—	$62,103

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.