Nelsonville, Ohio.
Typical home $114,120 (-0.2% in a year). Athens, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Nelsonville
Nelsonville’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Nelsonville is in Athens County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the Nelsonville-York City school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$304 (+103%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $255 -0%
- $114,374$114,120 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $20,320 +22%
- $93,799$114,120 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.
- Nelsonville$599
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.
Typical home values in Nelsonville, OH fell 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio
Nelsonville is a city of 4,612 people in Athens County. 40% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 60% are rented. 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 residents work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Nelsonville is a small city in Athens County, and its people are young: the median age is well below what you find in much of the country. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and more households live below the poverty line than most would expect. Most homes are rented rather than lived in by their owners, and a typical home is valued well below what homes cost across much of the country. Winters are cold, with January highs near freezing and lows well below it, while July is warm, and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by transport, warehouses and utilities, manufacturing, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in Nelsonville are Rocky Brands, Hocking College and Kroger. Commutes are fairly long, and few people work from home. Unemployment in Athens County has eased over the past year, and the county has added a few more jobs.
Things to do. Stuart's Opera House, a theatre in or beside town, is the nearest place to spend an evening. Monday Creek, a river, is a short drive away. For a longer outing, Hocking Hills State Park is a protected area a longer drive away.
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- 1,507households
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents 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 39° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 61°. About 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Logan weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Nelsonville
- Rocky BrandsBoots merchant wholesalers465
- Hocking CollegeTwo-year college335
- Kroger Columbus KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores63
- Rumpke - Athens-Hocking HaulingGarbage collection services56
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture55
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 584 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). 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
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of NelsonvilleRelatively moderate
- Strong windrelatively high in parts of NelsonvilleRelatively 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 Nelsonville’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 Athens County and the Athens, OH metro.
Nelsonville home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Nelsonville$114,120
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Nelsonville 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.
- Nelsonville34.46%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Nelsonville24
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Nelsonville6
Zip codes with a Nelsonville address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Nelsonville — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.