South Salem, OH 45681 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 67
Open on the mapMarket report (PDF)Compare
Home Value
$195,351
+4.4% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
67
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
6.4 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
69 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
80%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
100.5%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
32%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
57%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$120
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 57% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 4.4% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 8% below the 2017-19 norm, close to pre-pandemic levels.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (67/100; U.S.: 54): homes typically sell at or above asking (100.5% of list); 80% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 32% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $53k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,357 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $120 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −3% to +13% over the next 12 months (82% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −3.3% to +13.0% (80% range; middle estimate +6.0%), chance of a rise 82%, of a 5%+ drop 6%.
HouseVane's model, refit every month on local market signals and national ones, trained only on data known at the time. How accurate it has been.
Follow South Salem, OH 45681
One email a month: what changed in prices, supply and the outlook. Unsubscribe any time.
Other ZIP codes in Ross County, OH
| Area | Home value | 1-year change | Buyer leverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chillicothe, OH 45601 | $204.8K | +4.2% | 28 |
| Frankfort, OH 45628 | $232.3K | +4.4% | 49 |
| Bainbridge, OH 45612 | $170.8K | +2.6% | 94 |
| Kingston, OH 45644 | $257.5K | +2.9% | 26 |
| Clarksburg, OH 43115 | $212.2K | +3.1% | 1 |
| Richmond Dale, OH 45673 | – | – | 3 |
| Adelphi, OH 43101 | – | – | 27 |
| ZIP 45617 | – | – | 13 |