Housing in York

A typical York home is worth roughly $125,000

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Typical home value

$125K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$980

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,374

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is York?

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

Your money goes further50% below the Ohio typical home.Low tax bills#108 of 1,022 in OH for the lowest property tax bills.Rent is cheap#148 in OH for the cheapest rent.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$212,000

Typical York home $125K

That covers a typical York home, with $87K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$770

Loan $620Tax $110Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $210 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Waterloo$144K Ward$115K Dover$153K Nelsonville$119K Starr$87K

How York ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, York’s typical property tax (1.10% 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 $980

Renters already here pay a median of $776, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800

1 bedroom$810

2 bedrooms$980

3 bedrooms$1,220

4 bedrooms$1,400

50%

of households rent · OH 33%

1,069

renter households

47%

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

21%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$776

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

50% of York households own their home

Half of York’s homes were built before 1962.

Owners and renters

Own 50%Rent 50%

Ohio: 67% own.

1962

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,374

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.10%

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

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

York vs. its neighbors

York is the 3rd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Dover$153K Waterloo$144K York$125K Nelsonville$119K Ward$115K Starr$87K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
York	$125K*	—	$980	$56,208
Waterloo	$144K*	—	$1,130	$67,188
Ward	$115K*	—	$970	$47,250
Dover	$153K*	—	$1,010	$55,170
Nelsonville	$119K	+0.7%	$970	$49,750
Starr	$87K*	—	$1,040	—

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.