A typical Wayne home is worth roughly $326,000
Home prices around Wayne have risen about 62% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Wayne?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 4.5 years of income
More than across Ohio (3.5 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $45K short of a typical Wayne home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $960 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wayne’s typical property tax (0.90% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
73% of Wayne households own their home
Half of Wayne’s homes were built before 1946.
Ohio: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Home prices up 62% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Wayne rose 62% over the past 5 years, faster than across Ohio (53%). Last year prices fell 2%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Wayne home at roughly $326,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $326K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Wayne, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $990
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Brown County, 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.
3 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Wayne in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1 million to build. That's 2.5 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Ohio (3.3). Over the past 10 years, Wayne has permitted 61 homes in all.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $3.2 million |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $2.4 million |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 0 | $4.9 million |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $713,000 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $212,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Wayne vs. its neighbors
Wayne is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne | $326K* | −2%† | $990 | 3 | $71,615 |
| Oliver | $227K* | +23.3%† | $980 | — | — |
| Liberty | $208K* | +27.9%† | $970 | — | $70,089 |
| Scott | $158K* | — | $1,090 | — | $52,500 |
| Winchester | $243K | +4.7% | $1,020 | — | $58,750 |
| Tiffin | $165K* | +31.9%† | $970 | — | $38,069 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Wayne buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.