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Housing in Johnson

A typical Johnson home is worth roughly $88,000

Home prices around Johnson have risen about 35% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$88K
▲ 1.6% in a year · OR $496K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,800
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$628
OR $3,876

What kind of housing town is Johnson?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Johnson

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You could afford about
$327,000
Typical Johnson home $88K

That covers a typical Johnson home, with $239K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$520
Loan $430Tax $60Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,800 a month here, $1,280 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Oregon typical property tax (0.81% 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

97% of Johnson households own their home

Half of Johnson’s homes were built before 1991.

Owners and renters
Own 97%Rent 3%

Oregon: 63% own.

1991
typical home built · OR 1981
$628
median property tax bill · OR $3,876

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

Price trend

Home prices up 35% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Johnson rose 35% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Oregon. Last year prices rose 1.6%.

Johnson areaOregon
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%200020052010201520202025
+1.6%
past year
+35%
past 5 years
+90%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Johnson, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,800

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,470
1 bedroom$1,580
2 bedrooms$1,800
3 bedrooms$2,470
4 bedrooms$2,900
3%
of households rent · OR 37%
5
renter households

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

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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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