Home values, rents and more in the Sandusky metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Sandusky metro compares
The typical home in the Sandusky metro area is worth about $240,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Sandusky metro are about the same as the typical value in Ohio ($246,000) and 34% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Sandusky metro rose 3.4%, compared with +3.2% in Ohio and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,812 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 29% above Ohio ($1,402) and 6% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 11.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $73,502, against $71,389 in Ohio and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 112,777 people live in the Sandusky metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Sandusky metro has the 407th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 14th-highest of 41 in Ohio with Zillow figures.
Part of: Ohio
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Sandusky metro
Cities in the Sandusky metro
- Sandusky, OH $153,000
- Huron, OH $312,000
- Port Clinton, OH $280,000
- Oak Harbor, OH $214,000
- Genoa, OH $211,000
- Milan, OH $289,000
- Elmore, OH $228,000
- Curtice, OH $209,000
- Castalia, OH $244,000
- Berlin Heights, OH $273,000
- Marblehead, OH $453,000
- Bay View, OH $179,000
- Rocky Ridge, OH $119,000
- Kelleys Island, OH $434,000
- Put in Bay, OH $462,000
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.