Galion, Ohio.
Typical home $173,896 (+3.8% in a year). Bucyrus-Galion, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Galion
Galion’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Galion is in Crawford County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in 2 school districts: Crestline Exempted Village and Galion City. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$548 (+150%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,384 +4%
- $167,513$173,896 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $49,336 +40%
- $124,561$173,896 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.
- Galion$913
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Galion, OH rose 3.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Galion, Crawford County, Ohio
Galion is a city of 10,453 people in Crawford County. Half its households earn more than $52,176 a year and half less, against $58,044 across Crawford County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 59% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 41% are rented. Unemployment in Crawford County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Galion is a small city in Crawford County, Ohio, with a population on the older side and incomes below the county's. More households here are owner-occupied than rented, and typical home values sit at a level many would call modest for the region. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers turn warm in July, with plenty of rain and melted snow through the year.
Work. Manufacturing is the largest line of work among residents, followed by schools, hospitals and social care, then professional and business services and shops. Among the biggest workplaces in Galion are Galion Community Hospital, Galion City Schools and Stellar Industries, which makes and installs truck equipment. Fewer residents hold a four-year degree than in many places, and the county has seen jobs slip a little over the past year even as unemployment has eased.
Things to do. A short drive away are the Sandusky River and Clear Fork Reservoir, both good for time near the water, and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a race track that draws motorsport fans. A longer drive brings you to the Ohio State Reformatory, a museum in a historic prison building, which is one of the best known sights in the area.
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- 4,518households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Crawford County had 12,572 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 61°. About 26 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Galion Wtr Wks weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Galion
- Galion Community HospitalCritical access hospital480FTE
- Galion City SchoolsSchool district299FTE
- GalionAmmunition, small arms, manufacturing111
- JAG HealthcareSkilled nursing facilities63
- Stellar IndustriesManufacturing and installation of truck equipment61
- Buehler's Fresh FoodsGrocery stores49
- Carter Machine CoTube made from purchased iron or steel39
- Eagle Crusher Company - GalionAggregate spreaders manufacturing30
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,473 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of GalionRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherrelatively high in parts of GalionRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Galion’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 Crawford County and the Bucyrus-Galion, OH metro.
Galion home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Galion$173,896
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Galion listings, and the typical home goes pending in 8 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.
- Galion34.83%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Galion52
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Galion18
Zip codes with a Galion address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Galion — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.