Waynesville, Ohio.
Typical home $476,792 (+3.3% in a year). Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro.
Property tax and schools in Waynesville
Waynesville’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Waynesville is in Warren County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the Wayne Local school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,441 (+136%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $15,148 +3%
- $461,644$476,792 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $121,123 +34%
- $355,669$476,792 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.
- Waynesville$2,503
- 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 Waynesville, OH rose 3.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio
Waynesville is a village of 2,669 people in Warren County. Half its households earn more than $79,048 a year and half less, against $110,132 across Warren County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Warren County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Waynesville is a small village in Warren County, Ohio, with a small-town population. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though somewhat fewer than in many communities, and household incomes run well below the county's. Winters are cold and summers warm, with a good deal of rain and melted snow through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, and in shops. Across Warren County, some of the largest workplaces are Six Flags Entertainment, Mason City Schools and AtriCure Medical Devices. The typical commute is a moderate one, and some residents work from home.
Things to do. Fort Ancient, a park, and Caesar Creek State Park, a protected area, are both a short drive away, and Dakins Run and Cooks Run flow in or beside town. Kings Island, an amusement park, is a longer drive away. So is the National Museum of the United States Air Force, one of the best known museums of its kind.
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- 1,082households
- 29%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Warren County had 102,347 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 65°. About 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Dayton Wright Bros Airport weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Warren County
- Proctor & Gamble3,252
- Elevance (Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield)3,000
- Amazon2,805
- Atrium Medical Center1,600
- Cintas Corporation1,510
- Kings Island1,250
- Macy's Credit & Customer Service1,200
- Cincinnati Premium Outlets1,000
From Warren County’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers, as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- LightningRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Waynesville’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 Warren County and the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro.
Waynesville home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Waynesville$476,792
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Waynesville 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.
- Waynesville37.74%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Waynesville34
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Waynesville12
Zip codes with a Waynesville address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Waynesville — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.