Somerset, Ohio.
Typical home $302,624 (+1.3% in a year). Columbus, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Somerset
Somerset’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Somerset is in Perry County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the Northern Local school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$954 (+150%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,773 +1%
- $298,851$302,624 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $83,589 +38%
- $219,035$302,624 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.
- Somerset$1,588
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Somerset, OH rose 1.3% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Somerset, Perry County, Ohio
Somerset is a village of 1,481 people in Perry County. Unemployment in Perry County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Perry County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Somerset is a small village in Perry County, Ohio, and its residents are younger than in most of the country. Homes here cost more than many people expect for a village this size, and a good share of residents live below the poverty line. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are warm and July is the warmest. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, the building trades and shops also employing a good number. Across Perry County, some of the largest workplaces are Ludowici Roof Tile Co, which makes clay tile, along with PCC Airfoils and the New Lexington School District. The county has fewer jobs than it did a year earlier, and unemployment there is lower than it was a year ago. Commutes tend to be fairly long, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than not.
Things to do. Perry State Forest is a protected area a short drive away, a place for walking and time outdoors. Farther out, Hocking Hills State Park and Buckeye Lake State Park are protected areas that reward a longer drive. Flint Ridge State Memorial, also a longer drive away, is a museum site worth planning a day around.
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- 523households
- 27%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
What people in Perry County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Perry County had 6,295 jobs in 2025, 1.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 61°. About 20 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the New Lexington Northwest weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Perry County
- Ludowici Roof Tile CoQuarry tiles, clay, manufacturing270
- New Lexington School DistrictSchool district259FTE
- Northern Local SchoolsSchool district259FTE
- PCC AirfoilsDeveloping and producing prototypes for aircraft engines and engine parts222
- Mount AloysiusIntellectual and developmental disability facilities, residential171
- Southern Local SchoolsSchool district154FTE
- Crooksville Exempted Village SchoolsSchool district144FTE
- Kroger Columbus KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores100
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,205 people in all across the county; Somerset has one 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
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively 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 Somerset’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 Perry County and the Columbus, OH metro.
Somerset home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Somerset$302,624
- 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.
- Somerset11
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Somerset address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Somerset — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.