housing costs · Ohio
Housing costs in Mercer County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $804 | ± $57 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $812 | ± $37 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $749 | ± $35 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $679 | ± $33 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $210,600 | ± $9,217 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $208,600 | ± $9,558 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $192,800 | ± $8,438 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $169,500 | ± $5,011 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 24.8 % | ± 2.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 23.4 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 25.0 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 21.9 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Mercer County is $804, below the Ohio median of $863 across 88 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.