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State data • Updated March 2026

Ohio rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Ohio cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Ohio at a glance

$1,446Median city rent (ZORI)
4.2%Unemployment
2,373Permits / month
20Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Ohio cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Maineville $2,736
Solon $2,595
Hudson $2,424
Powell $2,384 +3.5%
Monroe $2,375
Groveport $2,290
Pickerington $2,191 +3.7%
Lyndhurst $2,175
Avon $2,140
Pataskala $2,126

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Elyria $995 +6.7%
Canton $1,030 +2.9%
Youngstown $1,054 +10.7%
Toledo $1,092 +4.5%
Lorain $1,105 +7.7%
Akron $1,123 +4.1%
Springfield $1,150 +11.7%
Newark $1,161 +1.9%
Kettering $1,182 +3.9%
Dayton $1,220 +3.3%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Ohio cities

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Compare cities in Ohio

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