Chillicothe, Ohio.
Typical home $201,507 (+3.9% in a year), asking rent $1,026 . Chillicothe, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Chillicothe
Chillicothe’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Chillicothe is in Ross County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in 4 school districts: Chillicothe City, Southeastern Local, Union-Scioto Local and Zane Trace Local. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$590 (+126%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,640 +4%
- $193,868$201,507 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $46,111 +30%
- $155,397$201,507 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.
- Chillicothe$1,058
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Chillicothe, OH rose 3.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio
Chillicothe is a city of 22,059 people in Ross County. Half its households earn more than $54,086 a year and half less, against $61,303 across Ross County; 17% of its people live below the poverty line. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. Unemployment in Ross County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 2.6% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Chillicothe is a small city and the seat of Ross County, with a population that skews a little older than the typical American town's. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though renters make up a real part of the town too. Household incomes run below the county's, and a good number of residents live below the poverty line. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, peaking in July.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, restaurants and hotels, and shops. Among the largest workplaces in Chillicothe are the Veterans Health Administration, the paper mill Pixelle Speciality Solutions, and Chillicothe City Schools. Across Ross County there are somewhat fewer jobs than a year earlier, though unemployment has eased since last year. Few people work from home, and a four-year degree is held by a smaller share of adults than in many places.
Things to do. Chillicothe has some of the best known earthworks in the region: Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, an archaeological site in or beside town, along with Adena Mound and Story Mound State Memorial, also close by. Yoctangee Park is a park in or beside town. A short drive away, Great Seal State Park is a protected area, and Paint Creek is a river good for a day outdoors.
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- 9,783households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Ross County had 28,735 jobs in 2025, 2.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 64°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Chillicothe Mound City weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Chillicothe
- Pixelle1,027
- Wal-Mart888
- Ross County659
- Chillicothe City Schools655
- City of Chillicothe295
- Ohio University-Chillicothe249
- Lowe's240
- Charter Communication216
From the City of Chillicothe’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “City Income Tax Department (number of employees obtained from W2s)”), as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of ChillicotheRelatively moderate
- Strong windrelatively high in parts of ChillicotheRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of ChillicotheRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Chillicothe’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Ross County and the Chillicothe, OH metro.
Chillicothe home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Chillicothe$201,507
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Chillicothe listings, and the typical home goes pending in 16 days — 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.
- Chillicothe31.35%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Chillicothe16
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Chillicothe133
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Chillicothe47
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Chillicothe$194,606
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Chillicothe97.70%
Zip codes with a Chillicothe address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Chillicothe — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.