Convoy, Ohio.
Typical home $199,509 (+2.5% in a year). Van Wert, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Convoy
Convoy’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Convoy is in Van Wert County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the Crestview Local school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$633 (+153%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,829 +2%
- $194,680$199,509 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $52,713 +36%
- $146,796$199,509 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.
- Convoy$1,047
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Convoy, OH rose 2.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Convoy, Van Wert County, Ohio
Convoy is a village of 1,012 people in Van Wert County. 75% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 25% are rented. Unemployment in Van Wert County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 4.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Convoy is a small village in Van Wert County, in the flat farm country of western Ohio. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values are modest. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in much of the country, and a sizable part of the village lives below the poverty line. Winters are cold, with highs near freezing in January and lows well below it, and a fair amount of snow falls each year. Summers are warm, and rain and melted snow arrive steadily through the seasons.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in schools, hospitals and social care, or in shops. Across Van Wert County, some of the largest workplaces are Danfoss Power Solutions II, which makes hydraulic fittings, Cooper Farms, a poultry processor, and Van Wert City Schools. Unemployment in the county is lower than it was a year earlier, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before. The typical commute is short, and few people work from home.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Grand Lake St. Marys is a reservoir and Ouabache State Park is a protected area, both a longer drive away. Rivers such as the St. Joseph River and the Blanchard River are also a longer drive from the village. For a day out in the city, the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo is a longer drive away as well.
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- 447households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 16 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Van Wert County had 11,050 jobs in 2025, 4.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 64°. About 17 inches of snow and 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Van Wert South weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Van Wert County
- Danfoss Power Solutions IIHydraulic hose fittings, fluid power, manufacturing823
- Cooper FarmsPoultry processing714
- Van Wert City SchoolsSchool district498FTE
- Braun IndustriesManufacture370
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters320
- TennecoOil seals manufacturing314
- Van Wert County HospitalGeneral hospital208FTE
- Therapy SolutionsPhysical therapy offices202
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 30 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,514 people in all across the county; Convoy has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Convoy’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 Van Wert County and the Van Wert, OH metro.
Convoy home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Convoy$199,509
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Convoy6
Zip codes with a Convoy address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Convoy — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.