Dayton homebuyers are working with a $165,000 median price point, 61% below the national figure. Against the $45,000 median household income in the area, that's a 3.7x multiple.
At a 1.75% effective rate, Dayton property taxes add $241 to the monthly payment on the median home, $2,888 a year in total.
Ohio levies a state income tax on top of the $1,165/month this mortgage runs. Model your real after-tax take-home before deciding how much payment you can carry.
Dayton's cost of living index is 80, below the 100 national baseline. That's on top of the housing numbers above, not instead of them.
Dayton's median home price runs 38% lower than nearby Columbus: $265,000 there versus $165,000 here.