Housing in Wills

A typical Wills home is worth roughly $181,000

Typical home value

$181K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,130

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,620

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Wills?

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

Your money goes further27% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$253,000

Typical Wills home $181K

That covers a typical Wills home, with $72K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,080

Loan $900Tax $140Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $50 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Center$206K Richland$195K Millwood$118K Madison$221K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wills’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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130

Renters already here pay a median of $1,250.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$860

1 bedroom$860

2 bedrooms$1,130

3 bedrooms$1,490

4 bedrooms$1,830

17%

of households rent · OH 33%

renter households

26%

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

21%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,250

median rent paid today · Census

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

83% of Wills households own their home

Half of Wills’s homes were built before 1981.

Owners and renters

Own 83%Rent 17%

Ohio: 67% own.

1981

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,620

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

0.90%

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

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

Next door

Wills vs. its neighbors

Wills is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Madison$221K Center$206K Richland$195K Wills$181K Millwood$118K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Wills	$181K*	—	$1,130	$64,563
Center	$206K*	+6.5%†	$1,040	$76,029
Richland	$195K*	—	$1,120	$74,784
Millwood	$118K*	—	$1,060	$55,214
Madison	$221K*	—	$1,130	$75,395

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.