Home values, rents and more in the Wooster metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Wooster metro compares
The typical home in the Wooster metro area is worth about $264,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Wooster metro are 7% above the typical value in Ohio ($246,000) and 28% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Wooster metro rose 3.8%, compared with +3.2% in Ohio and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,416 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as Ohio ($1,402) and 27% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $73,574, against $71,389 in Ohio and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 116,758 people live in the Wooster metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Wooster metro has the 432nd-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 5th-highest of 41 in Ohio with Zillow figures.
Part of: Ohio
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Wooster metro
Cities in the Wooster metro
- Wooster, OH $263,000
- Orrville, OH $241,000
- Rittman, OH $204,000
- Doylestown, OH $284,000
- Creston, OH $260,000
- Dalton, OH $304,000
- Shreve, OH $252,000
- Smithville, OH $264,000
- West Salem, OH $161,000
- Apple Creek, OH $338,000
- Marshallville, OH $303,000
- Fredericksburg, OH $409,000
- Sterling, OH $293,000
- Burbank, OH $311,000
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.