The median home value in Defiance, OH is $188,631 as of 2026-06-30, up 4.23% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$188,631
Year-over-Year
+4.23%
Population
17,042
Defiance ranks #164 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 24.4% below the state's city median of $249,438. It sits in Defiance County, where the county-wide median is $189,619.
Defiance police recorded a violent crime rate of 217 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,179 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Defiance is $188,631. That's up 4.23% from a year earlier. That is about 24.4% below the typical county in Ohio.
Homes in Defiance are cheaper than Defiance County as a whole, where the median is $189,619 — a difference of about 0.5%.
Defiance police reported 217 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 17,042. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.