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The median home value in Portsmouth, OH is $95,000 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.94% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$95,000
Year-over-Year
+4.94%
Population
17,343
Portsmouth ranks #210 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 61.7% below the state's city median of $248,312. It sits in Scioto County, where the county-wide median is $147,954.
Median household income in Portsmouth is $34,713, so the typical home value is about 2.7× 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).
Portsmouth police recorded a violent crime rate of 715 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 3,858 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 Portsmouth, that value is $95,000. That's up 4.94% from a year earlier. It is about 61.7% below the typical Ohio city tracked here.
Homes in Portsmouth are cheaper than Scioto County as a whole, where the median is $147,954 — a difference of about 35.8%.
Median household income here is $34,713, so the typical home value is about 2.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Portsmouth police reported 715 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 17,343. 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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