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The median home value in Van Wert, OH is $186,145 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.94% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$186,145
Year-over-Year
+4.94%
Population
11,018
Van Wert ranks #166 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 25.0% below the state's city median of $248,312. It sits in Van Wert County, where the county-wide median is $188,820.
Median household income in Van Wert is $55,113, so the typical home value is about 3.4× 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).
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).
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 $186,145. That's up 4.94% from a year earlier. It is about 25.0% below the typical Ohio city tracked here.
Homes in Van Wert are cheaper than Van Wert County as a whole, where the median is $188,820 — a difference of about 1.4%.
Median household income here is $55,113, so the typical home value is about 3.4× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
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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