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The median home value in Reading, OH is $234,048 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.97% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$234,048
Year-over-Year
+0.97%
Population
11,118
Reading ranks #125 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 5.7% below the state's city median of $248,312. It sits in Hamilton County, where the county-wide median is $271,991.
Median household income in Reading is $61,866, so the typical home value is about 3.8× 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).
Reading police recorded a violent crime rate of 153 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,132 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 Reading, that value is $234,048. That's up 0.97% from a year earlier. It is about 5.7% below the typical Ohio city tracked here.
Homes in Reading are cheaper than Hamilton County as a whole, where the median is $271,991 — a difference of about 14.0%.
Median household income here is $61,866, so the typical home value is about 3.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Reading police reported 153 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 11,118. 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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