Counties / Ohio / Warren County

Warren County, OH

FIPS 39165 · population 250,008 · part of Cincinnati, OH

$414k
Zillow home value · 2026-06
The numbers

What this county costs and earns

Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.

Zillow home value
$414k
▲ 1.4% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · direct
Median asking rent
$1,949
▲ 3.2% year over year
Zillow ZORI · direct
Gross yield
5.7%
annual rent ÷ price, before costs
derived: rent × 12 ÷ price ✓
HUD 2-bed standard
$1,353
market rent is 1.44x the standard
HUD Fair Market Rent · direct
Independent price check

Do two methods point the same way?

Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.

Both annual signals move in the same direction
FHFA five-year cumulative+59.9%not annualized · through 2025
0%ZILLOW ZHVI2026-06+1.4%FHFA HPI2025+4.0%
Annual changes use different methods and may use different periods. The comparison checks direction and magnitude; it does not create a blended estimate. Zillow county ZHVI pulled 2026-07-26; FHFA annual county HPI pulled 2026-07-28.
Owner-reported value$349k
Surveyed gross rent$1,361
Rent burden 30%+41.3%
Median year built1995
Housing composition

Who occupies the stock—and what it is

ACS 2024 5-year
4.2%vacant
96,061estimated housing units
Occupied tenure20.6% renter
owner 79.4%renter 20.6%
Structure mix83.3% single-family
Single-family 83.3%20+ units 2.9%Mobile home 1.0%Other 12.8%
ACS estimates describe the standing housing stock and occupied tenure. They do not measure current listings, transaction prices or asking rents.

Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.

Annual average covered jobs102,383▲ 1.6% from the prior annual release
Covered establishments6,620annual average reporting locations
Average weekly wage$1,340▲ 0.1% from the prior annual release
Largest private supersectorTrade, transportation, and utilities22.0% of disclosed private covered jobs
Local labor base

Jobs, pay and private-sector concentration

2025
0%COVERED JOBS+1.6%WEEKLY WAGE+0.1%Trade, transportation, and utilities22.0%
Annual QCEW counts cover jobs located at reporting establishments. The industry share uses disclosed private covered employment; it is not a resident-employment measure or a forecast.

Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-07-31. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.

County brief

What the local evidence says

01Decision frame

At county level, Warren’s central tension is a reported $413,538 Zillow median home value versus $1,949 monthly median asking rent and a 5.66% gross yield before costs. The Zillow county observation is labeled 2026-06. This is a cash-flow verification case for operators who can test expenses and flood exposure; thin-margin or appreciation-led underwriting deserves caution because listing-market evidence requires rent economics to be tested against executable purchase terms.

02Housing economics

Market rent is measured asking rent, whereas the supplied HUD FMR is a payment standard rather than an asking-rent estimate; it must not replace market rent in yield analysis. The 1.20% effective property-tax rate makes carrying-cost verification central to the reported gross yield. FHFA’s 2025 repeat-transaction HPI increased 4.02% year over year. It is an index rather than a dollar home value, and its distinct vintage and method cannot be averaged with Zillow’s 2026-06 observation.

03Demand & competition

Realtor.com’s MLS listing-market evidence shows 573 active listings, up 42.54% year over year; median marketing time was 40 days, and 15.31% of listings had price reductions. These are visible supply, asking-price and marketing-time measures, not closed-sale prices or proof of buyer demand. Tax-return migration was net -297, and outgoing households reported $806 more average AGI than arrivals. Investor purchase mortgages were 4.14% of total purchase mortgages, indicating limited measured non-occupant participation without establishing owner-occupier demand. QCEW shows annual covered workplace employment increased while average weekly wages barely changed; Trade, transportation, and utilities is the largest disclosed private supersector, not the whole economy.

04Risk & next checks

Modeled climate loss is 0.09% of building value per year, with inland flood the dominant hazard. That is a county-level modeled loss rather than a parcel finding. No published closed-sale comparables, unit-level rent, vacancy, operating expenses, insurance quotation, financing terms, or flood-zone/elevation evidence is provided. Those gaps prevent validation of a purchase price, net yield, and property-specific hazard burden.

Cities & communities

Where people live within Warren County

Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.

Population scale

Largest Census places

ACS 2024 5-year
Middletown city*51.6KMason city35.5KLebanon city21.5KSpringboro city*20KMonroe city*15.4KLoveland city*13.2KFranklin city11.7KLanden CDP7.5K
Bars use total place population, not a county-share estimate. An asterisk marks a place that crosses a county line.
Official directory

23 Census places

Population
  1. 01
    Middletown cityIncorporated place · spans 2 counties
    51,617
  2. 02
    Mason cityIncorporated place
    35,509
  3. 03
    Lebanon cityIncorporated place
    21,501
  4. 04
    Springboro cityIncorporated place · spans 2 counties
    19,980
  5. 05
    Monroe cityIncorporated place · spans 2 counties
    15,401
  6. 06
    Loveland cityIncorporated place · spans 3 counties
    13,197
  7. 07
    Franklin cityIncorporated place
    11,712
  8. 08
    Landen CDPCensus-designated place
    7,499
  9. 09
    South Lebanon villageIncorporated place
    6,712
  10. 10
    Carlisle cityIncorporated place · spans 2 counties
    5,543
  11. 11
    Blanchester villageIncorporated place · spans 2 counties
    4,538
  12. 12
    Hunter CDPCensus-designated place
    3,551
Show 11 more places
  1. 13
    Waynesville villageIncorporated place
    2,777
  2. 14
    Morrow villageIncorporated place
    2,523
  3. 15
    Maineville villageIncorporated place
    2,070
  4. 16
    Five Points CDPCensus-designated place
    2,031
  5. 17
    Loveland Park CDPCensus-designated place · spans 2 counties
    1,700
  6. 18
    Kings Mills CDPCensus-designated place
    1,175
  7. 19
    Harveysburg villageIncorporated place
    837
  8. 20
    Corwin villageIncorporated place
    753
  9. 21
    Roachester CDPCensus-designated place
    351
  10. 22
    Pleasant Plain villageIncorporated place
    190
  11. 23
    Butlerville villageIncorporated place
    178

Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.

Risk, demand and competition

The three things a price does not tell you

01
Risk & carrying costFEMA NRI + Census ACS
Dominant hazardinland flooding

0.094% of building value expected lost per year

Effective property tax1.20%

$4,199 median annual bill

02
DemandIRS SOI household flows
Net migration-297

7,623 in · 7,920 out

Arriving vs leaving income−$806

$87,246 arriving · $88,052 leaving

03
CompetitionHMDA financed purchases
Purchases by investors4.1%

132 of 3,186 mortgages

investorother financed
Current listing pressure

What sellers and visible supply are doing

Realtor.com® Economic Research · county inventory 2026-06 · pulled 2026-07-28
Active listings573▲ 42.5% year over year
Median days on market40▲ 29.5% year over year
Listings price-reduced15.3%seller-concession signal
Median listing pricen/a▼ 6.3% year over year

Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.

Same metro

The other counties in Cincinnati, OH

A metro is an average of these. Which side of a county line a property sits on can change the tax bill, the hazard profile and the tenant pool.

CountyPopulationPriceRentYieldHazard
Warren County250,008$414k$1,9495.7%inland flooding
Hamilton County830,774$276k$1,5396.7%inland flooding
Butler County392,876$321k$1,5996.0%inland flooding
Clermont County211,181$334k$1,5805.7%inland flooding
Kenton County171,288$292k$1,5076.2%inland flooding
Boone County139,841$354k$1,7065.8%inland flooding
Campbell County93,426$300k$1,5636.3%inland flooding
Dearborn County51,094$335k$1,2584.5%inland flooding
Brown County43,845$266k$1,0504.7%inland flooding
Bear case

What can break the county thesis

  1. Property-level inland-flood exposure, insurance terms, and mitigation needs may diverge from the county modeled loss.
  2. MLS supply and concession evidence may not match closed-sale pricing because transaction comparables are not published.
  3. Median asking rent and gross yield may not survive unit-specific vacancy, operating costs, financing, or tax obligations.
Underwriting questions

Before pricing a property

Is the reported gross yield based on actual market rent rather than HUD FMR?

Yes. The record supplies county median asking rent and separately identifies HUD FMR as a payment standard, not market rent.

Does the employment evidence measure resident employment?

No. QCEW measures annual covered jobs at workplaces located in the county.

Do the Realtor.com metrics prove closed-sale buyer demand?

No. They describe the MLS listing market: asking prices, active supply, marketing time, and price reductions rather than completed sales.