Utica, Ohio.
Typical home $293,423 (+6.2% in a year). Columbus, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Utica
Utica’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Utica is in Licking County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the North Fork Local school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$877 (+132%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $17,114 +6%
- $276,309$293,423 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $76,098 +35%
- $217,325$293,423 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.
- Utica$1,540
- 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 Utica, OH rose 6.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Utica, Licking County, Ohio
Utica is a village of 2,064 people in Licking County. Half its households earn more than $84,464 a year and half less, against $84,426 across Licking County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Licking County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 4.8% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Utica is a village in Licking County, and its residents are young for the area, with a median age well below what most older towns see. Household incomes sit right about where the county's do, and fewer people live below the poverty line than in many places. Homes here are valued above what a typical American home is worth, and a four-year degree is held by a smaller share of adults than in much of the country. Winters are cold, with a good amount of snow, and summers turn warm.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by transport, warehouses and utilities, the building trades, and shops. The commute is a long one, and a few residents work from home. Across Licking County, Amazon's warehousing operations, Illuminate USA and Licking Memorial Hospital are among the largest workplaces. Unemployment across the county is lower than it was a year earlier, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve is a protected area, a longer drive away, and suits a day outdoors. Dillon State Park is another protected area a longer drive away, with water and open land to enjoy. For a quieter outing, the Alligator Effigy Mound is an archaeological site, also a longer drive away.
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- 753households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 36 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Licking County had 75,544 jobs in 2025, 4.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 61°. About 15 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Newark Wtr Wks weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Licking County
- Amazon Fulfillment Center3,500
- Licking Memorial Health System1,700
- Victorias Secret Direct1,307
- Axium Plastics, LLC1,100
- Licking County Government1,065
- The Boeing Company809
- Denison University744
- Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.741
From Licking County’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Licking County GROW”), as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- HailRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Utica’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 Licking County and the Columbus, OH metro.
Utica home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Utica$293,423
- 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.
- Utica17
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Utica5
Zip codes with a Utica address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Utica — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.