Willard, Ohio.
Typical home $166,696 (+2.4% in a year). Norwalk, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Willard
Willard’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Willard is in Huron County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the Willard City school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$471 (+117%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,839 +2%
- $162,857$166,696 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $34,035 +26%
- $132,661$166,696 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.
- Willard$875
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Willard, OH rose 2.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Willard, Huron County, Ohio
Willard is a city of 6,197 people in Huron County. Half its households earn more than $53,542 a year and half less, against $67,878 across Huron County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 67% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 33% are rented. Unemployment in Huron County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Willard is a small Ohio city in Huron County, with a median age a little older than many American towns. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values are modest. Incomes run below the county's, and more residents live below the poverty line than most would expect of a place this size. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm in July, with a fair amount of rain and melted snow through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, with a good number in professional and business services. Across Huron County, some of the largest workplaces are Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Pepperidge Farm and Stanley Black and Decker's Willard plant. Commutes are of ordinary length, and very few people work from home. Unemployment across the county is lower than a year earlier, though the county has a few fewer jobs than the year before.
Things to do. The best known place nearby is Cedar Point, an amusement park a longer drive away. The Sandusky River is also a longer drive away, and is a place for time by the water. The Ohio State Reformatory is a museum, again a longer drive away, and a good choice for anyone interested in the region's history.
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- 2,593households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Huron County had 21,321 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer 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 83° and lows near 64°. About 33 inches of snow and 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Norwalk Wwtp weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Huron County
- Fisher-Titus Health1,300
- Stanley Black & Decker900
- Pepperidge Farms750
- LSC Communications500
- New Horizons Baking450
- Wiers Farm400
- Berry Global390
- Autoneum360
From Huron County’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Huron County Auditor's Office and Office of Workforce Development”), as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Hailrelatively high in parts of WillardRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Willard’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 Huron County and the Norwalk, OH metro.
Willard home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Willard$166,696
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Willard 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.
- Willard21.50%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Willard49
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Willard12
Zip codes with a Willard address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Willard — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.