West Jefferson, Ohio.
Typical home $267,317 (-0.1% in a year), asking rent $2,118 . Columbus, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in West Jefferson
West Jefferson’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
West Jefferson is in Madison County, where its property tax is set. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$763 (+119%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $286 -0%
- $267,603$267,317 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $52,605 +25%
- $214,712$267,317 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.
- West Jefferson$1,403
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in West Jefferson, OH fell 0.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in West Jefferson, Madison County, Ohio
West Jefferson is a village of 4,137 people in Madison County. Half its households earn more than $64,136 a year and half less, against $87,045 across Madison County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 78% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in Madison County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.8% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. West Jefferson is a village in Madison County, west of Columbus. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run below the county's. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow fall through the year, adding up to a fair amount.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in professional and business services. Among the largest workplaces in West Jefferson are Target, Amazon and Jefferson Industries. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and a typical commute is a fairly long one.
Things to do. Madison Lake State Park, a protected area, and Battelle Darby Creek Metropolitan Park both lie a short drive away. Farther out, a longer drive away, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and the Columbus Museum of Art are among the best known places to visit.
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- 1,656households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Madison County had 24,269 jobs in 2025, 2.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 63°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the London Fish Hatchery weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in West Jefferson
- TargetDiscount department stores1,088
- AmazonCouriers and express delivery services713
- Jefferson IndustriesJob stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing711
- Torrid LLC (2)General warehousing and storage565
- West Jefferson Retail Support Center - Ace HardwareHardware except motor vehicle merchant wholesalers387
- FedEx FreightLess than truckload general freight trucking367
- TargetDiscount department stores190
- Jefferson Local SchoolsSchool district167FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 17 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,642 people in all. 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
- Strong windRelatively high
- Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of West JeffersonRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherrelatively high in parts of West JeffersonRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of West JeffersonRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in West Jefferson’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 Madison County and the Columbus, OH metro.
West Jefferson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- West Jefferson$267,317
- 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.
- West Jefferson17
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- West Jefferson6
Zip codes with a West Jefferson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls West Jefferson — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.