Brown County, OH real estate

What the numbers say

Brown County, OH real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

Homeowners in Brown County pay a median of $1,600 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $196,200, an effective rate of about 0.82%. The Ohio average is 1.31%, which makes Brown County the #2 lowest-tax of 88 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $817 a month, and $717 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 20 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $196,000 home here comes to about $1,285 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $55,000 a year (the median household here earns $71,270).