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Wooster, OH Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Wooster, OH Housing Market Trends

With 27,031 people, 10,969 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $279,567, Wooster real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Wooster, accounting for 61.34% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Wooster include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 15.61%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 12.36%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 6.67%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Wooster are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 53.84% owning and 46.16% renting.

There is a lot of housing in Wooster built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Wooster built between 1940-1969 ( 29.67%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 16.25%). There's also some housing in Wooster built between 2000 and later ( 16.23%).

Wooster Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Wooster have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 96.36%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Wooster house appreciation rate of 6.98%.

Appreciation rates are so strong in Wooster that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Wooster real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Wooster appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.73%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 78.29% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Wooster. Wooster appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 1.02%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 4.15%.

Relative to Ohio, our data show that Wooster's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Ohio.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Wooster differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Wooster - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Wooster real estate investment or home purchase decisions.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$279,567

Wooster, OH Home Prices
> $1,416,000
$1,062,001 - $1,416,000
$708,001 - $1,062,000
$566,001 - $708,000
$425,001 - $566,000
$283,001 - $425,000
$142,001 - $283,000
$71,001 - $142,000
$0 - $71,000
0.1%
0.1%
0.4%
0.4%
2.6%
2.6%
3.4%
3.4%
12.4%
12.4%
24.7%
24.7%
42.4%
42.4%
10.0%
10.0%
3.9%
3.9%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
High

for Ohio

Average

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

10,969

Wooster Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,302 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
53.8%
53.8%
46.2%
46.2%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
7.6%
7.6%
92.4%
92.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
16.2%
16.2%
37.8%
37.8%
29.7%
29.7%
16.3%
16.3%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
61.3%
61.3%
6.7%
6.7%
12.4%
12.4%
15.6%
15.6%
4.0%
4.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
3.4%
3.4%
9.2%
9.2%
31.1%
31.1%
38.5%
38.5%
14.3%
14.3%
3.5%
3.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes