Paulding, Ohio.
Typical home $159,535 (+5.0% in a year).
Property tax and schools in Paulding
Paulding’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Paulding is in Paulding County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the Paulding Exempted Village school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$483 (+136%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,648 +5%
- $151,887$159,535 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $39,435 +33%
- $120,100$159,535 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.
- Paulding$837
- 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 Paulding, OH rose 5.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Paulding, Paulding County, Ohio
Paulding is a village of 3,555 people in Paulding County. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Paulding County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 3.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Paulding is a small village in northwest Ohio, and it is home to a population that skews a little younger than many rural communities. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and the typical home value is modest. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in Paulding are Paulding Exempted Village Schools, Paulding County Hospital and Herbert E Orr Company, which makes steel forgings. Unemployment across Paulding County is lower than a year ago, and the county has added jobs. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and most people commute a modest distance, with few working from home.
Things to do. Close to the village, Flatrock Creek and the Little Auglaize River are both a short drive away. A longer drive leads to the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, to Independence Dam State Park on the Maumee River's banks, and to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, which suits anyone with an interest in classic cars.
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- 1,407households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Paulding County had 5,160 jobs in 2025, 3.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 62°. About 24 inches of snow and 37 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Paulding weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Paulding
- Paulding Exempted Village SchoolsSchool district278FTE
- Paulding County HospitalCritical access hospital169FTE
- Herbert E Orr CompanySteel forgings made from purchased steel, unfinished68
- Paulding Main Office and WharehouseDistribution of electric power52
- Fresh EncounterSupermarkets35
- Stykemain ChevroletAutomobile dealers, new only or new and used34
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 189 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Paulding’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 Paulding County.
Paulding home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Paulding$159,535
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Paulding 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.
- Paulding27.51%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Paulding19
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Paulding7
Zip codes with a Paulding address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Paulding — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.