Most Affordable Cities in Ohio
Cost of living rankings for 289 cities in Ohio. On average, Ohio is affordable with a statewide average Cost Index of 58.
Data Updated: March 2026
Cheapest City
Youngstown
Index: 28
Most Expensive
The Village of Indian Hill
Index: 224
State Average
58
National: 100
Cities Ranked
289
with complete data
All 289 Cities in Ohio — By Affordability
| # | City | Index | Home Value | Rent | Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Youngstown | 28 | $58,400 | $718 | $34,746 |
| 2 | East Liverpool | 30 | $78,100 | $717 | $37,262 |
| 3 | East Cleveland | 31 | $68,900 | $761 | $22,883 |
| 4 | Campbell | 31 | $77,400 | $732 | $41,368 |
| 5 | Kenton | 31 | $98,100 | $642 | $47,667 |
| 6 | Warren | 32 | $80,100 | $759 | $36,955 |
| 7 | Fostoria | 32 | $81,500 | $759 | $52,943 |
| 8 | Toronto | 33 | $102,800 | $673 | $47,202 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 34 | $95,000 | $758 | $35,319 |
| 10 | Ashtabula | 35 | $99,200 | $790 | $43,782 |
| 11 | Van Wert | 35 | $109,700 | $739 | $53,632 |
| 12 | Galion | 35 | $100,900 | $741 | $45,377 |
| 13 | Girard | 35 | $105,700 | $736 | $42,861 |
| 14 | Martins Ferry | 35 | $92,800 | $809 | $43,073 |
| 15 | Wellston | 35 | $107,900 | $749 | $55,159 |
| 16 | Canton | 36 | $94,400 | $826 | $39,754 |
| 17 | Mansfield | 36 | $110,600 | $768 | $42,605 |
| 18 | Coshocton | 36 | $121,400 | $725 | $48,819 |
| 19 | Ironton | 36 | $112,400 | $760 | $45,694 |
| 20 | Cambridge | 36 | $116,000 | $743 | $37,900 |
| 21 | Struthers | 36 | $92,800 | $845 | $51,894 |
| 22 | Shelby | 36 | $117,300 | $724 | $52,760 |
| 23 | Dayton | 37 | $93,200 | $866 | $43,454 |
| 24 | Springfield | 37 | $107,600 | $805 | $45,883 |
| 25 | Lima | 37 | $95,900 | $865 | $43,370 |
| 26 | Zanesville | 37 | $106,900 | $812 | $39,085 |
| 27 | Niles | 37 | $108,400 | $787 | $49,987 |
| 28 | Salem | 37 | $117,400 | $771 | $50,250 |
| 29 | Bucyrus | 37 | $122,000 | $735 | $53,169 |
| 30 | Cleveland | 38 | $94,100 | $894 | $39,187 |
| 31 | Marion | 38 | $105,900 | $848 | $45,829 |
| 32 | Barberton | 38 | $120,100 | $794 | $48,943 |
| 33 | Sandusky | 38 | $104,800 | $848 | $47,827 |
| 34 | Alliance | 38 | $113,300 | $798 | $54,608 |
| 35 | Fremont | 38 | $115,400 | $809 | $50,974 |
| 36 | Bellevue | 38 | $130,100 | $733 | $57,534 |
| 37 | Clyde | 38 | $133,000 | $735 | $48,705 |
| 38 | New Carlisle | 38 | $111,900 | $820 | $61,483 |
| 39 | Toledo | 39 | $107,000 | $880 | $47,532 |
| 40 | Austintown | 39 | $133,000 | $767 | $50,855 |
| 41 | Steubenville | 39 | $128,000 | $773 | $47,057 |
| 42 | Greenville | 39 | $147,200 | $710 | $46,664 |
| 43 | Conneaut | 39 | $126,700 | $762 | $50,585 |
| 44 | Shiloh | 39 | $116,000 | $843 | $45,919 |
| 45 | Hillsboro | 39 | $136,900 | $734 | $45,197 |
| 46 | Jackson | 39 | $128,300 | $784 | $53,609 |
| 47 | Willard | 39 | $110,500 | $853 | $54,572 |
| 48 | Uhrichsville | 39 | $108,500 | $863 | $43,466 |
| 49 | Lorain | 40 | $123,500 | $839 | $45,799 |
| 50 | Eaton | 40 | $134,700 | $769 | $51,731 |
| 51 | Hubbard | 40 | $123,600 | $835 | $62,468 |
| 52 | Logan | 40 | $143,000 | $719 | $52,680 |
| 53 | Delphos | 40 | $125,400 | $830 | $58,359 |
| 54 | Akron | 41 | $111,200 | $930 | $48,544 |
| 55 | Trotwood | 41 | $99,500 | $974 | $49,082 |
| 56 | Tiffin | 41 | $129,200 | $834 | $55,700 |
| 57 | Warrensville Heights | 41 | $111,200 | $952 | $49,256 |
| 58 | Bryan | 41 | $132,000 | $820 | $50,295 |
| 59 | Upper Sandusky | 41 | $151,300 | $754 | $72,379 |
| 60 | Massillon | 42 | $138,800 | $846 | $55,308 |
| 61 | Piqua | 42 | $124,900 | $896 | $63,770 |
| 62 | Defiance | 42 | $134,600 | $841 | $63,118 |
| 63 | Washington Court House | 42 | $148,100 | $783 | $55,571 |
| 64 | Ravenna | 42 | $129,400 | $885 | $52,368 |
| 65 | Wapakoneta | 42 | $146,000 | $789 | $61,628 |
| 66 | Napoleon | 42 | $139,500 | $808 | $73,417 |
| 67 | St. Marys | 42 | $138,500 | $835 | $72,056 |
| 68 | Wauseon | 42 | $143,400 | $814 | $74,337 |
| 69 | Rittman | 42 | $153,200 | $749 | $64,492 |
| 70 | Geneva | 42 | $138,900 | $821 | $48,357 |
| 71 | Elyria | 43 | $142,800 | $859 | $53,204 |
| 72 | Euclid | 43 | $114,700 | $984 | $48,696 |
| 73 | Chillicothe | 43 | $145,900 | $842 | $49,193 |
| 74 | Ashland | 43 | $146,100 | $840 | $57,310 |
| 75 | Marietta | 43 | $145,700 | $828 | $45,986 |
| 76 | Cheviot | 43 | $137,900 | $878 | $54,654 |
| 77 | Belpre | 43 | $148,300 | $818 | $50,930 |
| 78 | Champion Heights | 43 | $138,700 | $856 | $69,688 |
| 79 | Garfield Heights | 44 | $100,000 | $1,085 | $52,006 |
| 80 | Norwalk | 44 | $156,000 | $804 | $58,940 |
| 81 | Celina | 44 | $158,800 | $814 | $66,142 |
| 82 | North College Hill | 44 | $125,200 | $991 | $63,031 |
| 83 | Mount Healthy | 44 | $126,200 | $968 | $45,546 |
| 84 | Columbiana | 44 | $187,000 | $656 | $49,873 |
| 85 | Moraine | 44 | $128,100 | $959 | $44,648 |
| 86 | Port Clinton | 44 | $142,100 | $882 | $58,524 |
| 87 | Xenia | 45 | $147,300 | $895 | $54,616 |
| 88 | Sidney | 45 | $159,300 | $842 | $59,560 |
| 89 | Bellefontaine | 45 | $163,500 | $836 | $60,296 |
| 90 | West Carrollton | 46 | $137,700 | $972 | $57,758 |
| 91 | Bedford | 46 | $124,900 | $1,061 | $56,563 |
| 92 | Urbana | 46 | $147,300 | $911 | $66,768 |
| 93 | Bedford Heights | 46 | $137,500 | $977 | $47,066 |
| 94 | Perry Heights | 46 | $152,100 | $922 | $63,288 |
| 95 | Middletown | 47 | $148,300 | $974 | $54,985 |
| 96 | Riverside | 47 | $139,100 | $1,015 | $59,271 |
| 97 | Painesville | 47 | $151,400 | $957 | $50,455 |
| 98 | New Philadelphia | 47 | $164,600 | $866 | $60,932 |
| 99 | Mount Vernon | 47 | $161,400 | $909 | $54,335 |
| 100 | Brooklyn | 47 | $153,000 | $944 | $69,535 |
| 101 | Cortland | 47 | $199,300 | $702 | $61,740 |
| 102 | Hamilton | 48 | $152,300 | $974 | $54,293 |
| 103 | Wilmington | 48 | $162,700 | $925 | $52,661 |
| 104 | Orrville | 48 | $178,500 | $851 | $70,103 |
| 105 | Wheelersburg | 48 | $209,200 | $715 | $70,795 |
| 106 | Rossford | 48 | $173,500 | $880 | $68,381 |
| 107 | Maple Heights | 49 | $89,600 | $1,322 | $52,823 |
| 108 | Eastlake | 49 | $168,300 | $968 | $62,510 |
| 109 | Englewood | 49 | $168,800 | $934 | $72,808 |
| 110 | Reading | 49 | $184,200 | $871 | $60,167 |
| 111 | Louisville | 49 | $192,700 | $842 | $58,269 |
| 112 | Lincoln Village | 49 | $158,700 | $1,013 | $55,849 |
| 113 | Sheffield Lake | 49 | $153,400 | $1,014 | $62,065 |
| 114 | Brookville | 49 | $170,900 | $917 | $62,569 |
| 115 | Carlisle | 49 | $185,400 | $872 | $70,000 |
| 116 | Northwood | 49 | $168,400 | $964 | $76,332 |
| 117 | Newark | 50 | $174,100 | $926 | $58,920 |
| 118 | Findlay | 50 | $183,300 | $917 | $57,344 |
| 119 | Fairborn | 50 | $169,600 | $968 | $55,966 |
| 120 | Whitehall | 50 | $138,700 | $1,102 | $50,812 |
| 121 | Oregon | 50 | $191,300 | $874 | $82,467 |
| 122 | Vandalia | 50 | $186,500 | $863 | $76,290 |
| 123 | Willowick | 50 | $156,100 | $1,021 | $74,138 |
| 124 | Circleville | 50 | $182,400 | $903 | $56,225 |
| 125 | Franklin | 50 | $170,800 | $976 | $58,134 |
| 126 | Richmond Heights | 50 | $176,100 | $933 | $56,734 |
| 127 | Union | 50 | $138,800 | $1,106 | $68,837 |
| 128 | Deer Park | 50 | $189,400 | $876 | $80,122 |
| 129 | Canal Fulton | 50 | $184,500 | $915 | $62,025 |
| 130 | Parma | 51 | $157,600 | $1,053 | $67,425 |
| 131 | Wooster | 51 | $198,400 | $882 | $65,888 |
| 132 | Maumee | 51 | $185,600 | $939 | $81,739 |
| 133 | Dover | 51 | $172,600 | $1,004 | $61,918 |
| 134 | North Madison | 51 | $146,200 | $1,109 | $60,875 |
| 135 | Ontario | 51 | $163,300 | $1,059 | $65,905 |
| 136 | Germantown | 51 | $186,900 | $937 | $84,307 |
| 137 | Cuyahoga Falls | 52 | $174,700 | $1,029 | $70,645 |
| 138 | Lancaster | 52 | $180,200 | $999 | $54,901 |
| 139 | Parma Heights | 52 | $165,800 | $1,072 | $59,218 |
| 140 | White Oak | 52 | $190,900 | $942 | $71,789 |
| 141 | Brook Park | 52 | $158,300 | $1,090 | $67,178 |
| 142 | London | 52 | $194,800 | $912 | $60,364 |
| 143 | Canfield | 52 | $225,100 | $786 | $97,730 |
| 144 | Northridge | 52 | $171,700 | $1,054 | $77,130 |
| 145 | Mentor-on-the-Lake | 52 | $171,200 | $1,021 | $61,320 |
| 146 | Kettering | 53 | $192,500 | $983 | $71,619 |
| 147 | Troy | 53 | $199,400 | $934 | $70,450 |
| 148 | Berea | 53 | $187,600 | $981 | $71,896 |
| 149 | Bridgetown | 53 | $177,900 | $1,025 | $78,417 |
| 150 | Amherst | 53 | $222,700 | $832 | $93,043 |
| 151 | Fort Shawnee | 53 | $187,800 | $970 | $88,606 |
| 152 | St. Clairsville | 53 | $197,600 | $966 | $73,534 |
| 153 | Bowling Green | 54 | $217,300 | $874 | $46,719 |
| 154 | North Canton | 54 | $194,200 | $981 | $72,193 |
| 155 | Northbrook | 54 | $134,800 | $1,279 | $63,486 |
| 156 | Portage Lakes | 54 | $165,500 | $1,125 | $66,027 |
| 157 | Summerside | 54 | $185,600 | $1,041 | $67,870 |
| 158 | Cincinnati | 55 | $215,300 | $953 | $51,707 |
| 159 | Kent | 55 | $210,700 | $983 | $42,524 |
| 160 | South Euclid | 55 | $134,800 | $1,298 | $78,782 |
| 161 | Forest Park | 55 | $163,200 | $1,172 | $67,201 |
| 162 | Clayton | 55 | $189,100 | $1,069 | $90,886 |
| 163 | Amelia | 55 | $217,500 | $918 | $69,864 |
| 164 | Vermilion | 55 | $172,000 | $1,123 | $73,052 |
| 165 | Oberlin | 55 | $207,500 | $982 | $73,775 |
| 166 | Huron | 55 | $205,900 | $995 | $73,429 |
| 167 | Northgate | 55 | $175,300 | $1,116 | $75,423 |
| 168 | Howland Center | 55 | $179,700 | $1,117 | $84,306 |
| 169 | Milford | 55 | $228,200 | $865 | $72,907 |
| 170 | Cleveland Heights | 56 | $176,700 | $1,139 | $72,302 |
| 171 | Huber Heights | 56 | $161,900 | $1,214 | $76,551 |
| 172 | Mayfield Heights | 56 | $187,600 | $1,089 | $62,511 |
| 173 | Norwood | 56 | $228,300 | $925 | $64,724 |
| 174 | Wickliffe | 56 | $158,400 | $1,234 | $79,052 |
| 175 | Monfort Heights | 56 | $211,500 | $971 | $79,989 |
| 176 | Norton | 56 | $181,900 | $1,108 | $87,060 |
| 177 | Uniontown | 56 | $241,900 | $838 | $97,976 |
| 178 | Grafton | 56 | $198,500 | $1,048 | $88,352 |
| 179 | Fairview Park | 57 | $225,800 | $962 | $77,688 |
| 180 | Middleburg Heights | 57 | $213,100 | $1,014 | $78,324 |
| 181 | New Franklin | 57 | $196,600 | $1,101 | $88,306 |
| 182 | North Olmsted | 58 | $202,400 | $1,092 | $85,435 |
| 183 | Springdale | 58 | $171,400 | $1,243 | $72,500 |
| 184 | Tipp City | 58 | $237,400 | $912 | $85,081 |
| 185 | Blacklick Estates | 58 | $152,000 | $1,345 | $70,869 |
| 186 | Groesbeck | 58 | $208,700 | $1,052 | $59,886 |
| 187 | Withamsville | 58 | $208,900 | $1,081 | $68,857 |
| 188 | Obetz | 58 | $191,700 | $1,165 | $81,200 |
| 189 | Oxford | 59 | $232,200 | $989 | $42,147 |
| 190 | Miamisburg | 59 | $203,700 | $1,119 | $82,095 |
| 191 | Tallmadge | 59 | $226,400 | $1,008 | $91,273 |
| 192 | Heath | 59 | $215,000 | $1,094 | $74,773 |
| 193 | Medina | 60 | $231,700 | $1,025 | $76,099 |
| 194 | Wadsworth | 60 | $235,600 | $1,024 | $77,581 |
| 195 | Willoughby | 60 | $206,200 | $1,147 | $70,884 |
| 196 | Sylvania | 60 | $233,700 | $1,019 | $95,610 |
| 197 | Sharonville | 60 | $207,900 | $1,129 | $70,781 |
| 198 | Lakewood | 61 | $241,500 | $1,013 | $65,925 |
| 199 | Fairfield | 61 | $218,100 | $1,145 | $70,166 |
| 200 | Athens | 61 | $242,200 | $1,029 | $37,059 |
| 201 | Harrison | 61 | $221,900 | $1,104 | $100,913 |
| 202 | Olmsted Falls | 61 | $214,800 | $1,142 | $93,907 |
| 203 | Pleasant Run | 61 | $164,300 | $1,381 | $84,392 |
| 204 | Finneytown | 62 | $184,200 | $1,351 | $78,494 |
| 205 | Chesterland | 62 | $285,000 | $840 | $98,234 |
| 206 | Brunswick | 63 | $233,300 | $1,115 | $85,313 |
| 207 | Groveport | 63 | $245,200 | $1,088 | $91,545 |
| 208 | New Burlington | 63 | $221,000 | $1,187 | $72,455 |
| 209 | Mentor | 64 | $229,500 | $1,192 | $89,202 |
| 210 | North Ridgeville | 64 | $254,700 | $1,067 | $94,234 |
| 211 | Lebanon | 64 | $257,100 | $1,067 | $78,598 |
| 212 | Lyndhurst | 64 | $198,900 | $1,327 | $88,701 |
| 213 | Reynoldsburg | 65 | $230,300 | $1,227 | $71,381 |
| 214 | Streetsboro | 65 | $197,000 | $1,372 | $82,273 |
| 215 | Columbus | 66 | $234,500 | $1,224 | $65,327 |
| 216 | Stow | 66 | $238,000 | $1,204 | $91,933 |
| 217 | Trenton | 66 | $209,700 | $1,354 | $87,788 |
| 218 | Dent | 66 | $258,600 | $1,101 | $82,635 |
| 219 | Chardon | 66 | $274,500 | $1,035 | $86,618 |
| 220 | North Royalton | 67 | $276,300 | $1,061 | $81,810 |
| 221 | Fairlawn | 67 | $267,000 | $1,095 | $93,154 |
| 222 | Johnstown | 67 | $314,600 | $886 | $94,955 |
| 223 | Centerville | 68 | $262,300 | $1,182 | $81,500 |
| 224 | Bellbrook | 68 | $246,200 | $1,234 | $101,455 |
| 225 | Apple Valley | 68 | $262,500 | $1,165 | $97,005 |
| 226 | Broadview Heights | 69 | $292,500 | $1,075 | $99,431 |
| 227 | Bay Village | 69 | $332,500 | $889 | $122,083 |
| 228 | Covedale | 69 | $216,900 | $1,425 | $96,318 |
| 229 | Shaker Heights | 70 | $288,000 | $1,149 | $97,721 |
| 230 | Green | 70 | $269,400 | $1,200 | $92,653 |
| 231 | Marysville | 70 | $271,000 | $1,179 | $92,490 |
| 232 | Delhi Hills | 70 | $203,300 | $1,525 | $97,439 |
| 233 | Delaware | 71 | $279,400 | $1,203 | $92,928 |
| 234 | University Heights | 71 | $224,900 | $1,445 | $98,474 |
| 235 | Willoughby Hills | 72 | $305,800 | $1,091 | $61,641 |
| 236 | Strongsville | 73 | $279,600 | $1,253 | $102,574 |
| 237 | Pataskala | 73 | $277,600 | $1,271 | $90,513 |
| 238 | South Lebanon | 73 | $315,800 | $1,086 | $110,729 |
| 239 | Beavercreek | 74 | $261,200 | $1,410 | $110,064 |
| 240 | Grove City | 74 | $283,300 | $1,282 | $90,888 |
| 241 | Loveland | 74 | $305,200 | $1,170 | $86,793 |
| 242 | Seven Hills | 74 | $239,600 | $1,500 | $95,313 |
| 243 | Perrysburg | 75 | $306,500 | $1,213 | $105,226 |
| 244 | Twinsburg | 76 | $288,700 | $1,323 | $95,097 |
| 245 | Kirtland | 76 | $377,500 | $906 | $117,794 |
| 246 | Waterville | 76 | $271,100 | $1,386 | $102,096 |
| 247 | Rocky River | 77 | $327,600 | $1,155 | $93,956 |
| 248 | Forestville | 79 | $296,000 | $1,400 | $93,672 |
| 249 | Landen | 79 | $284,400 | $1,463 | $105,948 |
| 250 | Monroe | 80 | $264,000 | $1,575 | $103,638 |
| 251 | Canal Winchester | 82 | $314,800 | $1,402 | $112,474 |
| 252 | Springboro | 83 | $330,300 | $1,378 | $112,872 |
| 253 | Gahanna | 84 | $322,300 | $1,442 | $106,004 |
| 254 | Oakwood | 84 | $350,100 | $1,320 | $158,968 |
| 255 | Independence | 84 | $305,500 | $1,547 | $114,049 |
| 256 | Turpin Hills | 84 | $409,400 | $1,045 | $135,250 |
| 257 | Westerville | 85 | $343,200 | $1,409 | $107,054 |
| 258 | Beckett Ridge | 86 | $297,300 | $1,629 | $120,179 |
| 259 | Reminderville | 86 | $316,200 | $1,570 | $104,890 |
| 260 | Westlake | 87 | $336,100 | $1,480 | $110,101 |
| 261 | Avon Lake | 87 | $337,200 | $1,500 | $110,174 |
| 262 | Pickerington | 87 | $309,700 | $1,598 | $116,645 |
| 263 | Worthington | 89 | $417,700 | $1,153 | $124,734 |
| 264 | Brecksville | 89 | $360,100 | $1,448 | $126,888 |
| 265 | Sunbury | 89 | $337,700 | $1,565 | $103,774 |
| 266 | Avon | 91 | $377,100 | $1,446 | $126,618 |
| 267 | Solon | 91 | $375,700 | $1,460 | $135,180 |
| 268 | Wyoming | 91 | $404,500 | $1,319 | $156,518 |
| 269 | Blue Ash | 92 | $365,700 | $1,511 | $116,663 |
| 270 | Highland Heights | 92 | $342,400 | $1,665 | $117,820 |
| 271 | Hilliard | 93 | $360,000 | $1,590 | $122,864 |
| 272 | Macedonia | 97 | $294,500 | $2,024 | $108,059 |
| 273 | Granville | 97 | $490,500 | $1,103 | $123,860 |
| 274 | Aurora | 98 | $371,400 | $1,704 | $125,567 |
| 275 | Bexley | 99 | $488,600 | $1,190 | $152,526 |
| 276 | Mason | 100 | $397,900 | $1,670 | $124,407 |
| 277 | Kenwood | 101 | $335,000 | $1,972 | $105,694 |
| 278 | Beachwood | 105 | $381,600 | $1,941 | $102,798 |
| 279 | Montgomery | 110 | $505,800 | $1,507 | $148,438 |
| 280 | Dublin | 114 | $514,900 | $1,596 | $155,282 |
| 281 | Upper Arlington | 118 | $568,200 | $1,480 | $150,993 |
| 282 | Madeira | 119 | $463,600 | $2,031 | $168,981 |
| 283 | Hudson | 122 | $444,800 | $2,219 | $180,931 |
| 284 | Grandview Heights | 122 | $548,100 | $1,748 | $113,862 |
| 285 | Powell | 129 | $493,500 | $2,236 | $191,250 |
| 286 | Montrose-Ghent | 146 | $517,900 | $2,721 | $175,781 |
| 287 | Bainbridge | 155 | $423,700 | $3,501 | $130,952 |
| 288 | New Albany | 158 | $728,200 | $2,134 | $232,524 |
| 289 | The Village of Indian Hill | 224 | $1,156,800 | $2,466 | $228,194 |