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Housing in Wayne

A typical Wayne home is worth roughly $87,000

Typical home value
$87K
OH $249K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,010
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Wayne?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 0.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$372,000
Typical Wayne home $87K

That covers a typical Wayne home, with $285K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$550
Loan $430Tax $100Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $460 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Ohio typical property tax (1.31% 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 $1,010

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$770
1 bedroom$770
2 bedrooms$1,010
3 bedrooms$1,320
4 bedrooms$1,370
27%
of households rent · OH 33%
10
renter households

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

74% of Wayne households own their home

Half of Wayne’s homes were built before 1982.

Owners and renters
Own 74%Rent 27%

Ohio: 67% own.

1982
typical home built · OH 1970
13%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Wayne vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Wayne$87K*—$1,010$100,513
Center$119K*—$980$48,887
Summit$204K*—$1,060$76,688

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.

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