Heath, Ohio.
Typical home $308,695 (+4.5% in a year). Columbus, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Heath
Heath’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Heath is in Licking County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in 4 school districts: Granville Exempted Village, Heath City, Lakewood Local and Licking Valley Local. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$913 (+129%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,433 +5%
- $295,262$308,695 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $74,775 +32%
- $233,920$308,695 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.
- Heath$1,620
- 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 Heath, OH rose 4.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Heath, Licking County, Ohio
Heath is a city of 10,412 people in Licking County. Half its households earn more than $71,917 a year and half less, against $84,426 across Licking County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in Licking County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 4.8% more 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Heath is a small city in Licking County, Ohio. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and the typical home value is well above what many people expect from a place of its size. Residents are somewhat older than the typical American, and household incomes sit below the county's. Winters are cold and summers warm, with a fair amount of rain and melted snow through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, retail, and professional and business services also employing a good number. Among the largest workplaces in Heath are Boeing, Walmart and Heath City Schools. Unemployment across Licking County is lower than a year ago, and the county has added jobs. Commutes are moderate, and a fair number of people work from home.
Things to do. A short drive away, Dawes Arboretum is a botanical garden, Buckeye Lake State Park is a protected area for time by the water, and Alligator Effigy Mound is an archaeological site. The Midland Theatre, also a short drive away, hosts shows. Farther afield, a longer drive reaches the Columbus Museum of Art.
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- 4,365households
- 24%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 16%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Licking County had 75,544 jobs in 2025, 4.8% more 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 86° and lows near 63°. About 39 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Newark Heath Airport weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Heath
- Central Ohio Aerospace & Technology Center1,452
- Heath City Schools972
- Walmart576
- City of Heath314
- Kaiser224
- Englefield Oil164
- Ariel Corporation135
- Ampacet98
From the City of Heath’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “City of Heath Income Tax Department”), as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- HailRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Strong windrelatively high in parts of HeathRelatively moderate
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of HeathRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Heath’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Licking County and the Columbus, OH metro.
Heath home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Heath$308,695
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Heath listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Heath24.70%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Heath49
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Heath19
Zip codes with a Heath address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Heath — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.