10 Ohio Towns Where Retirees Still Buy a Home for Under $100K

💵 A real house in Ohio, with a porch, a yard and a street address, for under $100,000. Zillow puts the typical Ohio home at about $251,500, and the ten towns in this countdown sell their homes for less than half of that. 🏡 🏡 The cheap houses aren't where the old lists say they are. Toledo, Dayton and Cleveland have all climbed past $120,000. For every town you get Zillow's typical home value and Redfin's real sale prices from this spring, and when the two disagree, we tell you why. Stay to the end for the city with a Level One trauma center, a free art museum and homes that cost less than three years of a Social Security check. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Half the State's Price, and Where the Cheap Houses Went 2:01 #10 Homes Selling for $55,000 Near a Hospital Ranked First in the State 5:19 #9 A $38,750 Median Sale, 10 Minutes From World-Class Medicine 8:19 #8 The Lowest Typical Home Value on the List: $64,700 11:25 #7 Two Sources, $8,000 Apart, Near a Lake of 600+ Acres 14:30 #6 $15,000 Cheaper Than the Town Next Door 17:28 #5 A Stone Railroad Bridge From the 1870s and Homes Near $90,100 20:28 #4 Two Hall of Famers, One Small High School and a $90,000 Median 23:14 #3 Twelve Sales in Three Months at a Median of $87,500 26:11 #2 2,000 Feet of Murals and a Window That's Closing at $95,000 29:27 #1 A Level One Trauma Center Where the Typical Home Is $73,600 ⚠️ A note on the numbers: typical home values are Zillow estimates and sale prices are Redfin medians for March to May 2026, all published in 2026. In small towns a median can rest on just a few sales, and a low sale price often means fixer-uppers or investor purchases. Prices change, so check current listings, the flood map and the drive to the hospital before you buy. This video is not financial or real estate advice. 📊 SOURCES 🏠 Typical home values, for Ohio, every town and the big cities, plus the one-year change: Zillow Home Value Index, 2026 🏷️ Median sale prices, number of sales and median asking prices, March to May 2026: Redfin 🧾 Average retired-worker Social Security benefit, 2026 ($2,071): Social Security Administration, ssa.gov 🏥 Hospital ranking: 2026 Lown Hospitals Index for social responsibility, Lown Institute 📍 Town details, population, distances and local services: local and market data published in 2026 🔔 Subscribe to Still Affordable America. We're going state by state, with real prices and the source named every time. --- 📷 IMAGE CREDITS (Wikimedia Commons / Openverse / Mapillary) 🏺 East Liverpool: "Greetings from East Liverpool, Ohio" postcard by Steve Shook, CC BY 2.0. One photo by 636Buster, CC BY-SA 4.0. Street photos by mdroads and jbthemilker (Mapillary), CC BY-SA 4.0. 💡 East Cleveland: four "Cleveland-East Ohio Building" photos by Ohio Redevelopment Projects - ODSA, CC BY 2.0. Three photos by Christopher Busta-Peck, CC BY-SA 1.0. One photo by Suitmonster, CC BY-SA 3.0. Street photos by kenne01034 and skorasaurus (Mapillary), CC BY-SA 4.0. 🏭 New Boston: "New Boston-Empire Detroit Steel New Boston Coke" by Ohio Redevelopment Projects - ODSA, CC BY 2.0. Street photos by jbthemilker (Mapillary), CC BY-SA 4.0. 🌲 Glouster: Street photos by networklanman (Mapillary), CC BY-SA 4.0. ⛴️ Middleport and Pomeroy: "Map of Meigs County Ohio Highlighting Middleport Village" by Ruhrfisch and Nyttend, CC BY-SA 3.0. "Middleport Monument" by GC79532, CC BY-SA 4.0. "Middleport Ohio 2nd Avenue" and one more photo by Tim Kiser, CC BY-SA 3.0. "Meigs County Courthouse" by w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0. Street photos by DrivingRoundTown (Mapillary), CC BY-SA 4.0. 🌉 Bellaire: "Bellaire Ohio River Picture" by Legomine, CC BY-SA 3.0. Street photos by lvl5 (Mapillary), CC BY-SA 4.0. 🏀 Bridgeport: two "Saint Anthony - Bridgeport, Ohio" photos by Farragutful and one photo by Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0. Street photos by jbthemilker and Montrose_Lyle (Mapillary), CC BY-SA 4.0. 🏈 Martins Ferry: "Martins Ferry October 2016" by Dustinsheets9, CC BY-SA 4.0. Street photos by jbthemilker (Mapillary), CC BY-SA 4.0. 🎨 Portsmouth: "Portsmouth, Ohio - levee" by Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0. Street photos by jbthemilker (Mapillary), CC BY-SA 4.0. 🍕 Youngstown: "Lanterman's Mill and Falls, Youngstown, OH" by Zachary V. Sunderman and "Youngstown skyline Wean Park" by Dblcut3, CC BY-SA 4.0. Street photos by gtaylor (Mapillary), CC BY-SA 4.0. 🌐 Also public domain / no known restrictions images (DPLA, Nyttend, Rpabst, Keith Roberts, Hope Moore, U.S. Forest Service, Miami University Libraries). Maps: USGS imagery; place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. 🎬 Stock footage: Pexels and Pixabay. ⚖️ Licenses: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, by-sa/1.0, by-sa/2.0, by-sa/3.0, by-sa/3.0/us, by-sa/4.0