Ranked · Buying a home · Ohio

Best cities for buying a home in Ohio

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

1. 1.Garfield Heights, OH29k residents

   73/100

   median home price: $109,900 · property tax rate: 1.5% · home price yoy: +2.3%

2. 2.Cleveland Heights, OH44k residents

   72/100

   median home price: $192,100 · property tax rate: 1.5% · home price yoy: +0.6%

3. 3.Euclid, OH49k residents

   71/100

   median home price: $126,500 · property tax rate: 1.5% · home price yoy: +2.7%

4. 4.Massillon, OH32k residents

   71/100

   median home price: $149,900 · property tax rate: 1.5% · home price yoy: +3.1%

5. 5.Canton, OH70k residents

   70/100

   median home price: $97,800 · property tax rate: 1.5% · home price yoy: +5.1%

6. 6.Lorain, OH65k residents

   70/100

   median home price: $139,200 · property tax rate: 1.5% · home price yoy: +3.7%

7. 7.Middletown, OH52k residents

   70/100

   median home price: $164,400 · property tax rate: 1.5% · home price yoy: +2.5%

8. 8.Youngstown, OH59k residents

   69/100

   median home price: $63,300 · property tax rate: 1.5% · home price yoy: +7.3%

9. 9.Springfield, OH58k residents

   69/100

   median home price: $116,800 · property tax rate: 1.5% · home price yoy: +4.8%

10. 10.Huber Heights, OH43k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $177,300 · property tax rate: 1.5% · home price yoy: +3.7%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.