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The median home value in Kettering, OH is $247,857 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.7% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$247,857
Year-over-Year
+2.7%
Population
56,562
Kettering ranks #109 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 0.2% below the state's city median of $248,312. It sits in Montgomery County, where the county-wide median is $204,465.
Median household income in Kettering is $74,681, 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).
Kettering police recorded a violent crime rate of 42 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,501 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 Kettering, that value is $247,857. That's up 2.7% from a year earlier. It is about 0.2% below the typical Ohio city tracked here.
Homes in Kettering are more expensive than Montgomery County as a whole, where the median is $204,465 — a difference of about 21.2%.
Median household income here is $74,681, so the typical home value is about 3.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Kettering police reported 42 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 56,562. 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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