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.
Lowest renter cost burden in Ohio Rank County GEOID Renter cost burden (30%+) 1 Noble County, Ohio 39121 17.9% 2 Holmes County, Ohio 39075 24.8% 3 Vinton County, Ohio 39163 25.8% 4 Defiance County, Ohio 39039 27.7% 5 Henry County, Ohio 39069 28.1% 6 Fulton County, Ohio 39051 28.2% 7 Putnam County, Ohio 39137 28.9% 8 Wyandot County, Ohio 39175 29.0% 9 Hardin County, Ohio 39065 29.5% 10 Carroll County, Ohio 39019 29.9% 11 Auglaize County, Ohio 39011 30.1% 12 Meigs County, Ohio 39105 30.3% 13 Wayne County, Ohio 39169 30.8% 14 Logan County, Ohio 39091 31.0% 15 Fayette County, Ohio 39047 31.6% 16 Gallia County, Ohio 39053 31.6% 17 Monroe County, Ohio 39111 31.7% 18 Harrison County, Ohio 39067 32.0% 19 Mercer County, Ohio 39107 32.0% 20 Shelby County, Ohio 39149 32.8% 21 Union County, Ohio 39159 33.0% 22 Van Wert County, Ohio 39161 33.2% 23 Preble County, Ohio 39135 33.8% 24 Morrow County, Ohio 39117 34.0% 25 Paulding County, Ohio 39125 34.4% 26 Champaign County, Ohio 39021 34.6% 27 Clinton County, Ohio 39027 34.8% 28 Hancock County, Ohio 39063 34.8% 29 Highland County, Ohio 39071 34.8% 30 Lawrence County, Ohio 39087 35.0% 31 Jefferson County, Ohio 39081 35.9% 32 Madison County, Ohio 39097 36.7% 33 Seneca County, Ohio 39147 36.9% 34 Darke County, Ohio 39037 37.1% 35 Geauga County, Ohio 39055 37.3% 36 Belmont County, Ohio 39013 37.6% 37 Clermont County, Ohio 39025 37.6% 38 Greene County, Ohio 39057 37.9% 39 Pickaway County, Ohio 39129 38.0% 40 Ottawa County, Ohio 39123 38.1% 41 Ashland County, Ohio 39005 38.2% 42 Sandusky County, Ohio 39143 38.2% 43 Allen County, Ohio 39003 38.3% 44 Jackson County, Ohio 39079 38.3% 45 Pike County, Ohio 39131 38.3% 46 Warren County, Ohio 39165 38.7% 47 Erie County, Ohio 39043 38.9% 48 Perry County, Ohio 39127 38.9% 49 Morgan County, Ohio 39115 39.1% 50 Licking County, Ohio 39089 39.2% 51 Stark County, Ohio 39151 39.2% 52 Huron County, Ohio 39077 39.3% 53 Delaware County, Ohio 39041 39.5% 54 Knox County, Ohio 39083 39.5% 55 Richland County, Ohio 39139 39.5% 56 Brown County, Ohio 39015 39.6% 57 Columbiana County, Ohio 39029 39.8% 58 Tuscarawas County, Ohio 39157 40.5% 59 Coshocton County, Ohio 39031 40.6% 60 Guernsey County, Ohio 39059 40.6% 61 Williams County, Ohio 39171 40.8% 62 Clark County, Ohio 39023 41.0% 63 Medina County, Ohio 39103 41.0% 64 Wood County, Ohio 39173 41.0% 65 Miami County, Ohio 39109 41.3% 66 Crawford County, Ohio 39033 41.4% 67 Lucas County, Ohio 39095 41.7% 68 Lake County, Ohio 39085 42.1% 69 Marion County, Ohio 39101 42.3% 70 Muskingum County, Ohio 39119 43.0% 71 Adams County, Ohio 39001 43.1% 72 Trumbull County, Ohio 39155 43.1% 73 Ross County, Ohio 39141 43.2% 74 Ashtabula County, Ohio 39007 43.8% 75 Lorain County, Ohio 39093 43.9% 76 Washington County, Ohio 39167 44.2% 77 Franklin County, Ohio 39049 44.3% 78 Montgomery County, Ohio 39113 44.3% 79 Mahoning County, Ohio 39099 44.7% 80 Butler County, Ohio 39017 44.8% 81 Cuyahoga County, Ohio 39035 44.8% 82 Summit County, Ohio 39153 44.9% 83 Fairfield County, Ohio 39045 45.0% 84 Hocking County, Ohio 39073 45.3% 85 Hamilton County, Ohio 39061 45.5% 86 Scioto County, Ohio 39145 46.7% 87 Portage County, Ohio 39133 50.5% 88 Athens County, Ohio 39009 51.5%
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 .