McArthur, Ohio.
Typical home $169,929 (+3.1% in a year).
Property tax and schools in McArthur
McArthur’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
McArthur is in Vinton County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the Vinton County Local school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$481 (+117%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,096 +3%
- $164,833$169,929 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $31,058 +22%
- $138,871$169,929 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.
- McArthur$892
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in McArthur, OH rose 3.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio
McArthur is a village of 1,783 people in Vinton County. Unemployment in Vinton County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. McArthur is a small village and the seat of Vinton County, in the hills of southeastern Ohio. Its people are younger than in many small towns, though incomes in the county run below the Ohio norm and more households live below the poverty line than is typical. Homes here cost less than in most of the country, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January highs near freezing and a fair amount of snow, while summers are warm and the year brings a good deal of rain.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, finance and property, and restaurants and hotels also employing people. Across Vinton County, the largest workplaces include Vinton County Local Schools, Superior Hardwoods of Ohio's McArthur Division, a sawmill, and LionStone Care, a skilled nursing facility. Jobs across the county grew slightly last year, and unemployment there has eased compared with a year earlier. The typical commute is a moderate drive, and some people work from home.
Things to do. Zaleski State Forest, a protected area of woods, is a short drive away, as is Lake Hope State Park, another protected area. The Zaleski Mound Group, an archaeological site, is also close by. For a longer drive, Hocking Hills State Park is a protected area well known across the region.
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- 952households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 27%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Vinton County had 2,259 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 62°. About 18 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Carpenter South weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Vinton County
- Vinton County Local SchoolsSchool district349FTE
- Superior Hardwoods of Ohio, Inc. : McArthur DivisionSawmills50
- LionStone CareSkilled nursing facilities42
- Crownover Lumber CompanyBoards, wood, made from logs or bolts34
- Integrated Services for Behavioral HealthIndividual and family social services, multi-purpose34
- NWHLumber merchant wholesalers31
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 191 people in all across the county; McArthur has two of its own. School districts come 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
- LightningRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in McArthur’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 Vinton County.
McArthur home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- McArthur$169,929
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 McArthur 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.
- McArthur24.77%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- McArthur30
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- McArthur7
Zip codes with a McArthur address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls McArthur — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.