OH metros
Cost of living across major OH metropolitan areas.
What living in OH costs
Across the 8 OH metros we track, the typical cost-of-living index is 92.4 against a national metro median of 95.7 — about 3% cheaper than the typical US metro. That ranks OH 15 of the 48 states we cover, counting from the cheapest.
The state is not uniform: Youngstown, OH is the cheapest metro at 85.9, while Columbus, OH runs 94.6 — a spread of 10% between them.
A typical OH home costs $252,210, or about 3.8× median household income, and typical rent is $1,350/mo.
Taxes in OH
OH levies a state income tax on top of the federal one. Effective property tax runs about 1.5% of home value in a typical OH metro, and combined state and local sales tax is around 7.2%.
Property tax is the one that scales with housing, so it bites hardest in the pricier metros above. Per-metro figures are on each metro page.
| Metro | COL index | Median home | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati, OH | 94.2 | $311,270 | $1,575 |
| Columbus, OH | 94.6 | $333,537 | $1,524 |
| Cleveland, OH | 91.4 | $252,210 | $1,461 |
| Dayton, OH | 92.4 | $350,000 | $1,350 |
| Akron, OH | 92.9 | $241,251 | $1,260 |
| Toledo, OH | 90.6 | $203,726 | $1,302 |
| Youngstown, OH | 85.9 | $175,405 | $1,030 |
| Canton, OH | 88.6 | $218,776 | $1,084 |
Cities & towns in OH (100)
Local property tax, home values and school scores for each place.