Mount Sterling, Ohio.
Typical home $297,448 (+3.1% in a year). Columbus, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Mount Sterling is in Madison County, where its property tax is set. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$846 (+118%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,077 +3%
- $288,371$297,448 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $59,431 +25%
- $238,017$297,448 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.
- Mount Sterling$1,561
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Mount Sterling, OH rose 3.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Mount Sterling, Madison County, Ohio
Mount Sterling is a village of 1,945 people in Madison County. Half its households earn more than $72,692 a year and half less, against $87,045 across Madison County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in Madison County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Mount Sterling is a small village in Madison County, Ohio, and its residents tend to be younger than in many small towns. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run below the county's. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than you might expect, and the daily commute to work is fairly long. Winters are cold, with a fair amount of snow, and summers are warm.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by transport, warehouses and utilities, shops, and banks, insurance and property. In the village itself, some of the largest workplaces are Stephens Pipe and Steel Mount Sterling, WinCup Mt Sterling and BST Co. Across Madison County, unemployment has eased over the past year and the number of jobs has grown.
Things to do. Deer Creek State Park is a protected area a short drive away, and Madison Lake State Park is another, a longer drive off. Those who like museums can head to the Columbus Museum of Art, also a longer drive away. Ohio Stadium and Historic Crew Stadium are stadiums for those who follow college football or soccer, each a longer drive from the village.
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- 664households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Madison County had 24,269 jobs in 2025, 2.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 63°. About 18 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Washington Court House weather station, 15 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Mount Sterling
- Stephens Pipe and Steel Mount SterlingChain link fencing, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants119
- WinCup Mt SterlingManufacture of foodservice packaging products including plastic lids47
- BST CoWarehousing35
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 201 people in all. 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 moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mount Sterling’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 Madison County and the Columbus, OH metro.
Mount Sterling home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Mount Sterling$297,448
- 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.
- Mount Sterling17
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Mount Sterling8
Zip codes with a Mount Sterling address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mount Sterling — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.