Centerburg, Ohio.
Typical home $398,542 (+5.1% in a year). Mount Vernon, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Centerburg
Centerburg’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Centerburg is in Knox County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the Centerburg Local school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,249 (+148%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $19,228 +5%
- $379,314$398,542 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $100,590 +34%
- $297,953$398,542 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Centerburg$2,092
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Centerburg, OH rose 5.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Centerburg, Knox County, Ohio
Centerburg is a village of 1,690 people in Knox County. Half its households earn more than $76,250 a year and half less, against $73,878 across Knox County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 65% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 35% are rented. Unemployment in Knox County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Centerburg is a small village in Knox County, and its residents are younger than in many small Ohio towns. Most homes are lived in by their owners, incomes run a little above the county's, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, and summers are warm, with plenty of rain and melted snow across the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, restaurants and hotels, and the building trades also employing a good share. Across Knox County, some of the largest workplaces are Kokosing Construction Company, Ariel, which makes air compressors, and Knox Community Hospital. Commutes are fairly long, and a fair number of people work from home.
Things to do. Most outings from Centerburg mean a longer drive. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is one of the best known, and the Columbus Museum of Art is a museum a longer drive away. For a quieter day outdoors, the Kokosing River is also a longer drive from the village.
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- 677households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Knox County had 20,365 jobs in 2025, 1.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 61°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Centerburg Southeast weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Knox County
- Manufacturing2,308
- Education1,446
- Medical1,400
- County Government568
- Retail298
- Construction220
From Knox County’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Area Development Foundation”), as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Centerburg’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Knox County and the Mount Vernon, OH metro.
Centerburg home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Centerburg$398,542
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Centerburg listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Centerburg31.37%
- United States26.36%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Centerburg20
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Centerburg6
Zip codes with a Centerburg address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Centerburg — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.