Best places to buy a rental property in Ohio

Ranked by the engine's tracked 5-year appreciation across 171 covered markets in Ohio, snapshot 2026-10-29. Appreciation history is context, not a forecast.

Market	Home value	3y	5y	10y	Active listings
Canton	$75,475	67.6%	74.6%	227.9%	-
Youngstown	$164,285	28.7%	52.8%	161.3%	-
Lake Milton	$195,241	17.1%	48.2%	152.9%	-
Warren	$238,929	21.6%	40.7%	91.8%	-
Loveland	$250,149	18.3%	39.3%	130.6%	-
Shaker Heights	$492,336	19.6%	39.1%	80.5%	1
Springfield	$234,354	18.1%	38.4%	99.1%	-
Ashtabula	$156,317	16.1%	35.1%	107.6%	-
Chagrin Falls	$521,245	13.3%	34.8%	79.7%	-
Akron	$129,590	17.1%	33.9%	120.8%	-

Full list: every tracked market in Ohio with 5-year appreciation data below.

Powell - 32.1%
Dublin - 31.2%
Kent - 30.9%
Pataskala - 30.6%
Reynoldsburg - 28.9%
Cleveland - 28.1%
Copley - 28.1%
Pickerington - 26.9%
Toledo - 25.6%
New Albany - 25.5%
Westerville - 25.1%
Cincinnati - 25.1%
Dayton - 23.3%
Hilliard - 22.6%
Xenia - 20.6%
Wapakoneta - 20.4%
Columbus - 20.2%

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All figures are engine estimates from the LumosTerra tracked-data snapshot as of 2026-10-29. They are starting points, not recommendations - verify rents, comps and local rules before acting on any of them.

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