Van Wert, Ohio.
Typical home $184,415 (+3.6% in a year). Van Wert, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Van Wert
Van Wert’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Van Wert is in Van Wert County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in 2 school districts: Lincolnview Local and Van Wert City. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$590 (+156%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,481 +4%
- $177,934$184,415 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $54,323 +42%
- $130,092$184,415 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.
- Van Wert$968
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Van Wert, OH rose 3.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio
Van Wert is a city of 11,092 people in Van Wert County. Half its households earn more than $55,113 a year and half less, against $67,917 across Van Wert County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Van Wert County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 4.1% fewer 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Van Wert is a small city in northwest Ohio, close to the Indiana line, where people tend to be somewhat older than in much of the country. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes in the city run below the county's as a whole. Winters are cold, with a fair amount of snow, and summers turn warm, with rain or snow spread through the year.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in Van Wert are Danfoss Power Solutions II, Van Wert City Schools and Braun Industries. Commutes are short, and very few people work from home. Unemployment across Van Wert County is lower than it was a year ago, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. Water is the main draw nearby. Grand Lake St. Marys is a large reservoir, and Grand Lake St. Marys State Park lies along its shore, both a longer drive away. The Blanchard River is also a longer drive away, and the Allen County Museum is a longer drive away too.
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- 4,507households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 16 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Van Wert County had 11,050 jobs in 2025, 4.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 64°. About 17 inches of snow and 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Van Wert South weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Van Wert
- Danfoss Power Solutions IIHydraulic hose fittings, fluid power, manufacturing823
- Van Wert City SchoolsSchool district498FTE
- Braun IndustriesManufacture370
- TennecoOil seals manufacturing314
- Van Wert County HospitalGeneral hospital208FTE
- Therapy SolutionsPhysical therapy offices202
- Millwork BrandsDoor units, prehung, wood and covered wood, manufacturing130
- Cornwell Quality ToolsTool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing118
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,985 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
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Van Wert’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 Van Wert County and the Van Wert, OH metro.
Van Wert home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Van Wert$184,415
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Van Wert listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Van Wert27.73%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Van Wert42
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Van Wert17
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Van Wert$155,561
- United States$371,553
Zip codes with a Van Wert address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Van Wert — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.