Home values, rents and more in the Cincinnati metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Cincinnati metro compares
The typical home in the Cincinnati metro area is worth about $306,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Cincinnati metro are 24% above the typical value in Ohio ($246,000) and 16% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Cincinnati metro rose 2.2%, compared with +3.2% in Ohio and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,522 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% above Ohio ($1,402) and 21% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $81,120, against $71,389 in Ohio and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 2,312,858 people live in the Cincinnati metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Cincinnati metro has the 325th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 2nd-highest of 41 in Ohio with Zillow figures.
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Cincinnati metro
- Boone County, KY $350,000
- Bracken County, KY $198,000
- Brown County, OH $260,000
- Butler County, OH $313,000
- Campbell County, KY $293,000
- Clermont County, OH $327,000
- Dearborn County, IN $327,000
- Franklin County, IN $292,000
- Gallatin County, KY $208,000
- Grant County, KY $273,000
- Hamilton County, OH $266,000
- Kenton County, KY $287,000
- Ohio County, IN $282,000
- Pendleton County, KY $237,000
- Warren County, OH $408,000
Cities in the Cincinnati metro
- Cincinnati, OH $246,000
- West Chester, OH $420,000
- Hamilton, OH $303,000
- Middletown, OH $260,000
- Fairfield, OH $283,000
- Covington, KY $217,000
- Mason, OH $504,000
- Florence, KY $288,000
- Independence, KY $328,000
- Oxford, OH $342,000
- Lebanon, OH $402,000
- Forest Park, OH $234,000
- Springboro, OH $430,000
- Erlanger, KY $248,000
- Norwood, OH $242,000
- Burlington, KY $330,000
- Fort Thomas, KY $374,000
- Monroe, OH $354,000
- Sharonville, OH $282,000
- Newport, KY $242,000
- Trenton, OH $281,000
- Bridgetown, OH $228,000
- Blue Ash, OH $443,000
- Loveland, OH $444,000
- Harrison, OH $318,000
- Amelia, OH $310,000
- Dent, OH $270,000
- Franklin, OH $267,000
- Springdale, OH $234,000
- Montgomery, OH $661,000
- Alexandria, KY $344,000
- Reading, OH $229,000
- Madeira, OH $524,000
- Elsmere, KY $221,000
- Wyoming, OH $481,000
- Fort Mitchell, KY $421,000
- Cheviot, OH $181,000
- Edgewood, KY $374,000
- Kenwood, OH $511,000
- Groesbeck, OH $232,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.