Home / Ohio county housing affordability Ranked observations 0 counties excluded for unavailable renter cost burden (30%+); ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.
Highest renter cost burden in Ohio Rank County GEOID Renter cost burden (30%+) 1 Athens County, Ohio 39009 51.5% 2 Portage County, Ohio 39133 50.5% 3 Scioto County, Ohio 39145 46.7% 4 Hamilton County, Ohio 39061 45.5% 5 Hocking County, Ohio 39073 45.3% 6 Fairfield County, Ohio 39045 45.0% 7 Summit County, Ohio 39153 44.9% 8 Butler County, Ohio 39017 44.8% 9 Cuyahoga County, Ohio 39035 44.8% 10 Mahoning County, Ohio 39099 44.7% 11 Franklin County, Ohio 39049 44.3% 12 Montgomery County, Ohio 39113 44.3% 13 Washington County, Ohio 39167 44.2% 14 Lorain County, Ohio 39093 43.9% 15 Ashtabula County, Ohio 39007 43.8% 16 Ross County, Ohio 39141 43.2% 17 Adams County, Ohio 39001 43.1% 18 Trumbull County, Ohio 39155 43.1% 19 Muskingum County, Ohio 39119 43.0% 20 Marion County, Ohio 39101 42.3% 21 Lake County, Ohio 39085 42.1% 22 Lucas County, Ohio 39095 41.7% 23 Crawford County, Ohio 39033 41.4% 24 Miami County, Ohio 39109 41.3% 25 Clark County, Ohio 39023 41.0% 26 Medina County, Ohio 39103 41.0% 27 Wood County, Ohio 39173 41.0% 28 Williams County, Ohio 39171 40.8% 29 Coshocton County, Ohio 39031 40.6% 30 Guernsey County, Ohio 39059 40.6% 31 Tuscarawas County, Ohio 39157 40.5% 32 Columbiana County, Ohio 39029 39.8% 33 Brown County, Ohio 39015 39.6% 34 Delaware County, Ohio 39041 39.5% 35 Knox County, Ohio 39083 39.5% 36 Richland County, Ohio 39139 39.5% 37 Huron County, Ohio 39077 39.3% 38 Licking County, Ohio 39089 39.2% 39 Stark County, Ohio 39151 39.2% 40 Morgan County, Ohio 39115 39.1% 41 Erie County, Ohio 39043 38.9% 42 Perry County, Ohio 39127 38.9% 43 Warren County, Ohio 39165 38.7% 44 Allen County, Ohio 39003 38.3% 45 Jackson County, Ohio 39079 38.3% 46 Pike County, Ohio 39131 38.3% 47 Ashland County, Ohio 39005 38.2% 48 Sandusky County, Ohio 39143 38.2% 49 Ottawa County, Ohio 39123 38.1% 50 Pickaway County, Ohio 39129 38.0% 51 Greene County, Ohio 39057 37.9% 52 Belmont County, Ohio 39013 37.6% 53 Clermont County, Ohio 39025 37.6% 54 Geauga County, Ohio 39055 37.3% 55 Darke County, Ohio 39037 37.1% 56 Seneca County, Ohio 39147 36.9% 57 Madison County, Ohio 39097 36.7% 58 Jefferson County, Ohio 39081 35.9% 59 Lawrence County, Ohio 39087 35.0% 60 Clinton County, Ohio 39027 34.8% 61 Hancock County, Ohio 39063 34.8% 62 Highland County, Ohio 39071 34.8% 63 Champaign County, Ohio 39021 34.6% 64 Paulding County, Ohio 39125 34.4% 65 Morrow County, Ohio 39117 34.0% 66 Preble County, Ohio 39135 33.8% 67 Van Wert County, Ohio 39161 33.2% 68 Union County, Ohio 39159 33.0% 69 Shelby County, Ohio 39149 32.8% 70 Harrison County, Ohio 39067 32.0% 71 Mercer County, Ohio 39107 32.0% 72 Monroe County, Ohio 39111 31.7% 73 Fayette County, Ohio 39047 31.6% 74 Gallia County, Ohio 39053 31.6% 75 Logan County, Ohio 39091 31.0% 76 Wayne County, Ohio 39169 30.8% 77 Meigs County, Ohio 39105 30.3% 78 Auglaize County, Ohio 39011 30.1% 79 Carroll County, Ohio 39019 29.9% 80 Hardin County, Ohio 39065 29.5% 81 Wyandot County, Ohio 39175 29.0% 82 Putnam County, Ohio 39137 28.9% 83 Fulton County, Ohio 39051 28.2% 84 Henry County, Ohio 39069 28.1% 85 Defiance County, Ohio 39039 27.7% 86 Vinton County, Ohio 39163 25.8% 87 Holmes County, Ohio 39075 24.8% 88 Noble County, Ohio 39121 17.9%
Method and provenance ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated Ohio bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums . Ohio county map and full table .