Millfield, Ohio.
Typical home $128,852 (+0.2% in a year). Athens, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Millfield
Millfield is in Athens County, where its property tax is set. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$306 (+83%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $303 +0%
- $128,550$128,852 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $9,068 +8%
- $119,784$128,852 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.
- Millfield$676
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 47 years.
Typical home values in Millfield, OH rose 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Millfield, Athens County, Ohio
Millfield, in Athens County, had 311 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $41,601 a year and half less, against $56,001 across Athens County. Unemployment in Athens County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Athens County work in schools and health care, 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Millfield is a very small community in Athens County, Ohio, with few residents compared with most towns. Household incomes here run well below the county's, and homes are valued modestly. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in restaurants and hotels, in shops, or in manufacturing. Across Athens County, the largest workplaces include Ohio University, Athens City Schools and Obleness Memorial Hospital. The county has added a few more jobs than the year before, and unemployment there is lower than it was a year earlier.
Things to do. Strouds Run State Park, Burr Oak State Park and Gifford State Forest are all protected areas a short drive away, with woods and trails to explore. Monday Creek, a river, is also a short drive off. For a longer outing, Hocking Hills State Park is a protected area a longer drive away.
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What people in Athens County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Athens County had 21,434 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 63°. About 18 inches of snow and 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Athens Ou weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Athens County
- Ohio University3,683
- Athens County Government582
- City of Athens402
- Athens City Bd of Ed361
- Wal-Mart Stores Inc334
- Appalachian Behavorial Health Center272
- Kroger of Athens243
- Hocking College209
From Athens County’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Source: Calls to employers”), as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively 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 Millfield’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 Athens County and the Athens, OH metro.
Millfield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Millfield$128,852
- 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Millfield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Millfield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.