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Cheapest Counties to Buy a House in Ohio (2026)

Meigs has the lowest home prices of any county in Ohio, at $118,038, followed by Jefferson and Belmont. Source: Zillow Research, Zillow 2026-06. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated June 2026 - Source: Zillow Research

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Cheapest counties for home prices in Ohio

Top 25 of 88 counties with data.

Ranked by typical home value (Zillow Research, Zillow 2026-06), lowest first.

Cheapest counties for home prices in Ohio
RankCountyValue
1Meigs$118,038
2Jefferson$130,195
3Belmont$136,428
4Harrison$146,219
5Scioto$146,633
6Lawrence$148,036
7Jackson$149,512
8Monroe$155,882
9Morgan$161,102
10Crawford$164,292
11Guernsey$166,180
12Columbiana$166,920
13Paulding$168,141
14Gallia$172,786
15Pike$174,018
16Trumbull$174,237
17Vinton$176,010
18Mahoning$179,433
19Lucas$180,031
20Seneca$180,078
21Ashtabula$185,393
22Marion$186,484
23Williams$187,687
24Defiance$189,619
25Sandusky$190,728

How this ranking works

This page ranks Ohio counties by typical home value, sorted so the cheapest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For home prices, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh home prices against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of typical home value.

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