The median home value in Kenton, OH is $182,595 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.14% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$182,595
Year-over-Year
+3.14%
Population
7,802
Kenton ranks #170 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 26.5% below the state's city median of $248,312. It sits in Hardin County, where the county-wide median is $192,368.
Median household income in Kenton is $56,033, so the typical home value is about 3.3× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Kenton police recorded a violent crime rate of 231 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,448 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Kenton, that value is $182,595. That's up 3.14% from a year earlier. It is about 26.5% below the typical Ohio city tracked here.
Homes in Kenton are cheaper than Hardin County as a whole, where the median is $192,368 — a difference of about 5.1%.
Median household income here is $56,033, so the typical home value is about 3.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Kenton police reported 231 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 7,802. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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