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Median Home Price in Van Wert, OH

The median home value in Van Wert, OH is $184,415, up 3.64% from a year earlier.

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City housing-data period: September 2026. City source retrieval/check time (UTC) is recorded in the feed's updated field when available, not in the housing-data period.

Checked daily for new monthly Zillow releases, not new daily prices. Income and crime data are updated separately, not by the daily housing-data check. Unavailable means observation dates are missing or invalid.

Median Home Value

$184,415

Year-over-Year

+3.64%

Population

11,018

Home value history

The typical home value was unchanged, from $184,452 in May 2026 to $184,415 in Sep 2026.

Van Wert, OH typical home value from May 2026 to Sep 2026

Monthly Zillow Home Value Index snapshots retained by HomePriceMap. A short history is shown now and grows automatically as each new monthly release arrives.

Van Wert, OH monthly home value history
MonthTypical home valueYear-over-year change
May 2026$184,452+6.0%
Jun 2026$188,260+5.6%
Jul 2026$186,145+4.9%
Aug 2026$185,922+4.4%
Sep 2026$184,415+3.6%

Van Wert ranks #160 of 204 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 24.1% below the state's city median of $243,114. It sits in Van Wert County, where the county-wide median is $186,641.

Housing affordability in Van Wert

Median household income in Van Wert is $55,113, 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).

Crime in Van Wert

Van Wert police recorded a violent crime rate of 236 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 3,249 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Van Wert

What is the average home price in Van Wert, OH?

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 Van Wert, that value is $184,415. That's up 3.64% from a year earlier. It is about 24.1% below the typical Ohio city tracked here.

Is Van Wert expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Van Wert are cheaper than Van Wert County as a whole, where the median is $186,641 — a difference of about 1.2%.

Is Van Wert affordable?

Median household income here is $55,113, so the typical home value is about 3.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Van Wert a safe place to live?

Van Wert police reported 236 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 11,018. 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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