Housing in Wayne

A typical Wayne home is worth roughly $244,000

Typical home value

$244K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,280

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,542

OH $2,822

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

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

You could afford about

$355,000

Typical Wayne home $244K

That covers a typical Wayne home, with $111K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,490

Loan $1,210Tax $210Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,280 a month here, $210 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Rush$179K Union$317K Zane$290K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wayne’s typical property tax (1.04% 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 $1,280

Renters already here pay a median of $830, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$930

1 bedroom$1,000

2 bedrooms$1,280

3 bedrooms$1,620

4 bedrooms$1,790

16%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

12%

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

17%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$830

median rent paid today · Census

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

84% of Wayne households own their home

Half of Wayne’s homes were built before 1988.

Owners and renters

Own 84%Rent 16%

Ohio: 67% own.

1988

typical home built · OH 1970

$2,542

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.04%

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

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

Next door

Wayne vs. its neighbors

Wayne is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Union$317K Zane$290K Wayne$244K Rush$179K

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Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Wayne	$244K*	—	$1,280	$93,061
Rush	$179K*	—	$1,300	$63,194
Union	$317K*	+3.5%†	$1,090	$56,331
Zane	$290K*	—	$1,240	$146,346

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.