West Union, Ohio.
Typical home $190,621 (+0.2% in a year).
Property tax and schools in West Union
West Union’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
West Union is in Adams County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the Adams County Ohio Valley Local school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$578 (+137%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $441 +0%
- $190,181$190,621 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $40,650 +27%
- $149,972$190,621 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 Union$1,001
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in West Union, OH rose 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in West Union, Adams County, Ohio
West Union is a village of 3,004 people in Adams County. Half its households earn more than $29,056 a year and half less, against $50,264 across Adams County. Unemployment in Adams County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Adams County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 Union is a village and the seat of Adams County, home to a small population in the hills of southern Ohio. Household incomes here run well below the county's, and the typical home is worth more than those incomes might suggest. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many towns, and only a small number of people work from home.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and the building trades also employing many. Walmart, Eagle Creek Nursing Center and Alpine House of West Union are among the largest workplaces in town. Unemployment across Adams County is lower than it was a year earlier, and the county has added a few more jobs than the year before.
Things to do. Adams Lake State Park is in or beside town, and Ohio Brush Creek and the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge are a short drive away for time near water. Chaparral Prairie State Nature Preserve is also a short drive away. Serpent Mound, the well-known archaeological site, is a longer drive. Winters are cold and the summers warm, with some snow and plenty of rain through the year.
Report a mistake
- 1,237households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 5%work from home
What people in Adams County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Adams County had 6,923 jobs in 2025, 1.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 60°. About 17 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Ripley Experiment Farm weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in West Union
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters232
- Eagle Creek Nursing CenterSkilled nursing facilities89
- Alpine House of West UnionBoys' and girls' residential facilities44
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 365 people in all. 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
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in West Union’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 Adams County.
West Union home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- West Union$190,621
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 West Union 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.
- West Union26.74%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- West Union39
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- West Union11
Zip codes with a West Union address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls West Union — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.