West Liberty, Ohio.
Typical home $311,686 (+5.9% in a year). Bellefontaine, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in West Liberty
West Liberty’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
West Liberty is in Logan County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the West Liberty-Salem Local school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$939 (+135%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $17,246 +6%
- $294,440$311,686 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $79,016 +34%
- $232,670$311,686 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 Liberty$1,636
- 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 West Liberty, OH rose 5.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio
West Liberty is a village of 1,770 people in Logan County. 54% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 46% are rented. Unemployment in Logan County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Logan County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 Liberty is a small village in Logan County, Ohio, where most homes are lived in by their owners, though a good share are rented. Typical home values run well above what the village's incomes might suggest, and fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than in many parts of the country. Winters are cold and summers warm, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in professional and business services. Across Logan County, some of the largest workplaces are Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, Mary Rutan Hospital and Bellefontaine City Schools. Many people have a short drive to work, and a modest number do their jobs from home.
Things to do. Ohio Caverns, a protected area, is a short drive away, as is Mad River Mountain, a ski area that suits the cold winters. The Champaign Aviation Museum is also a short drive off. For a longer outing, Kiser Lake State Park is a longer drive away.
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- 607households
- 25%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
What people in Logan County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Logan County had 19,538 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 63°. About 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bellefontaine weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Logan County
- Honda Development & Manufacturing of America (HDMA)Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture3,612
- Transmission Manufacturing Plant - OhioTransmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing1,429
- Midwest ExpressPrivate warehousing and storage1,307
- AGC Automotive AmericasGlass products made from purchased glass627
- Mary Rutan HospitalGeneral hospital614FTE
- Bellefontaine City SchoolsSchool district505FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters323
- Benjamin Logan Local SchoolsSchool district255FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 37 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 10,902 people in all across the county; West Liberty has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in West Liberty’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 Logan County and the Bellefontaine, OH metro.
West Liberty home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- West Liberty$311,686
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 2 West Liberty 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- West Liberty18
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- West Liberty7
Zip codes with a West Liberty address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls West Liberty — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in West Liberty
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43357 | West Liberty | 4,899 | — | $306,660 |
| 43360 | Zanesfield | 1,538 | — | $367,091 |