$152,000 buys the median home in Toledo right now. With 20% down, that's a $30,400 down payment and a $121,600 loan, set against a $40,000 median household income.
At a 1.8% effective rate, Toledo property taxes add $228 to the monthly payment on the median home, $2,736 a year in total.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, Ohio taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $1,063/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in Toledo track at 84 against the national 100 baseline, below average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Toledo's median home price runs 43% lower than nearby Columbus: $265,000 there versus $152,000 here.