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Home values, rents and more in the Van Wert metro area

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$187,000
Ohio: $246,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+3.4%
Ohio: +3.2% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
29,013
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$67,917
Ohio: $71,389 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around the Van Wert metro, shaded by typical home valueVan Wert
  • Under $190k
  • $190k–$230k
  • $230k–$250k
  • $250k–$260k
  • $260k+
  • No data
Counties around the Van Wert metro, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). The metro area is outlined.

How the Van Wert metro compares

The typical home in the Van Wert metro area is worth about $187,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Van Wert metro are 24% below the typical value in Ohio ($246,000) and 49% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in the Van Wert metro rose 3.4%, compared with +3.2% in Ohio and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $67,917, against $71,389 in Ohio and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 29,013 people live in the Van Wert metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

The Van Wert metro has the 200th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 12th-lowest of 41 in Ohio with Zillow figures.

Part of: Ohio

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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.

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