Housing in Wells

A typical Wells home is worth roughly $89,000

Typical home value

$89K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,020

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$961

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Wells?

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

Your money goes further64% below the Ohio typical home.Older homesThe typical home was built around 1953.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$186,000

Typical Wells home $89K

That covers a typical Wells home, with $97K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$550

Loan $440Tax $80Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $470 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Warren$110K Steubenville$130K Cross Creek$141K Smithfield$92K Wellsburg$124K Beech Bottom$63K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wells’s typical property tax (1.07% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

70% of Wells households own their home

Half of Wells’s homes were built before 1953.

Owners and renters

Own 70%Rent 30%

Ohio: 67% own.

1953

typical home built · OH 1970

$961

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.07%

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

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020

Renters already here pay a median of $589, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780

1 bedroom$790

2 bedrooms$1,020

3 bedrooms$1,340

4 bedrooms$1,550

30%

of households rent · OH 33%

226

renter households

12%

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

25%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$589

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Wells vs. its neighbors

Wells is the 2nd least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Cross Creek$141K Steubenville$130K Wellsburg$124K Warren$110K Smithfield$92K Wells$89K Beech Bottom$63K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Wells	$89K*	—	$1,020	—	$48,977
Warren	$110K*	—	$970	—	$54,804
Steubenville	$130K	+3.4%	$1,080	—	$53,043
Cross Creek	$141K*	—	$1,090	—	$72,003
Smithfield	$92K*	—	$1,020	—	$57,718
Wellsburg	$124K	−3.5%	$970	0	$42,868
Beech Bottom	$63K	−15.3%	$970	0	$33,125

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.