The median home value in Van Wert, OH is $188,260 as of 2026-06-30, up 5.63% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$188,260
Year-over-Year
+5.63%
Population
11,018
Van Wert ranks #165 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 24.5% below the state's city median of $249,438. It sits in Van Wert County, where the county-wide median is $191,307.
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).
The median home value in Van Wert is $188,260. That's up 5.63% from a year earlier. That is about 24.5% below the typical county in Ohio.
Homes in Van Wert are cheaper than Van Wert County as a whole, where the median is $191,307 — a difference of about 1.6%.
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.