Rent Affordability for A Nursing Assistant in Ohio
A typical nursing assistant in Ohio earns about $37,233 a year, which supports approximately $931 a month in rent under the 30% rule. Below, every tracked Ohio city is ranked by how local rent compares against that affordability ceiling.
As of May 2026. 6 of 138 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 132 are rent-burdened on this salary.
| City↕ | Median rent↕ | % of income↑ | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steubenville, OH | $719/mo | 23.2% | affordable |
| Greenville, OH | $719/mo | 23.2% | affordable |
| Mansfield, OH | $852/mo | 27.5% | affordable |
| Alliance, OH | $869/mo | 28% | affordable |
| Niles, OH | $883/mo | 28.5% | affordable |
| East Cleveland, OH | $898/mo | 28.9% | affordable |
| Ashland, OH | $960/mo | 30.9% | stretched |
| Warren, OH | $998/mo | 32.2% | stretched |
| Marietta, OH | $998/mo | 32.2% | stretched |
| Bedford Heights, OH | $1,011/mo | 32.6% | stretched |
| Boardman, OH | $1,026/mo | 33.1% | stretched |
| Bowling Green, OH | $1,041/mo | 33.6% | stretched |
| Reading, OH | $1,045/mo | 33.7% | stretched |
| Cambridge, OH | $1,050/mo | 33.8% | stretched |
| Piqua, OH | $1,052/mo | 33.9% | stretched |
| Orrville, OH | $1,053/mo | 33.9% | stretched |
| Shiloh, OH | $1,058/mo | 34.1% | stretched |
| Vandalia, OH | $1,064/mo | 34.3% | stretched |
| Youngstown, OH | $1,075/mo | 34.6% | stretched |
| Massillon, OH | $1,085/mo | 35% | stretched |
| Athens, OH | $1,103/mo | 35.5% | stretched |
| Lorain, OH | $1,104/mo | 35.6% | stretched |
| Bedford, OH | $1,119/mo | 36.1% | stretched |
| Canton, OH | $1,124/mo | 36.2% | stretched |
| Brookpark, OH | $1,125/mo | 36.3% | stretched |
| Toledo, OH | $1,151/mo | 37.1% | stretched |
| Euclid, OH | $1,152/mo | 37.1% | stretched |
| Parma Heights, OH | $1,152/mo | 37.1% | stretched |
| Marion, OH | $1,154/mo | 37.2% | stretched |
| Akron, OH | $1,176/mo | 37.9% | stretched |
| Elyria, OH | $1,176/mo | 37.9% | stretched |
| Eastlake, OH | $1,206/mo | 38.9% | stretched |
| Barberton, OH | $1,214/mo | 39.1% | stretched |
| Lima, OH | $1,216/mo | 39.2% | stretched |
| Springfield, OH | $1,222/mo | 39.4% | stretched |
| Lancaster, OH | $1,226/mo | 39.5% | stretched |
| Austintown, OH | $1,233/mo | 39.7% | stretched |
| Dayton, OH | $1,241/mo | 40% | stretched |
| Huber Heights, OH | $1,249/mo | 40.3% | rent-burdened |
| Norwood, OH | $1,259/mo | 40.6% | rent-burdened |
| Parma, OH | $1,263/mo | 40.7% | rent-burdened |
| Miamisburg, OH | $1,262/mo | 40.7% | rent-burdened |
| Mount Healthy, OH | $1,273/mo | 41% | rent-burdened |
| Middletown, OH | $1,287/mo | 41.5% | rent-burdened |
| Fairview Park, OH | $1,290/mo | 41.6% | rent-burdened |
| West Carrollton, OH | $1,304/mo | 42% | rent-burdened |
| Franklin, OH | $1,302/mo | 42% | rent-burdened |
| Mount Vernon, OH | $1,323/mo | 42.6% | rent-burdened |
| Amelia, OH | $1,332/mo | 42.9% | rent-burdened |
| Groesbeck, OH | $1,333/mo | 43% | rent-burdened |
| Fairlawn, OH | $1,337/mo | 43.1% | rent-burdened |
| Findlay, OH | $1,348/mo | 43.4% | rent-burdened |
| Xenia, OH | $1,352/mo | 43.6% | rent-burdened |
| Kettering, OH | $1,355/mo | 43.7% | rent-burdened |
| Fairfield, OH | $1,357/mo | 43.7% | rent-burdened |
| Cleveland, OH | $1,359/mo | 43.8% | rent-burdened |
| Mayfield Heights, OH | $1,370/mo | 44.2% | rent-burdened |
| Oxford, OH | $1,388/mo | 44.7% | rent-burdened |
| Sharonville, OH | $1,387/mo | 44.7% | rent-burdened |
| Milford, OH | $1,386/mo | 44.7% | rent-burdened |
| Cleveland Heights, OH | $1,394/mo | 44.9% | rent-burdened |
| Cuyahoga Falls, OH | $1,411/mo | 45.5% | rent-burdened |
| Marysville, OH | $1,416/mo | 45.6% | rent-burdened |
| Willoughby, OH | $1,417/mo | 45.7% | rent-burdened |
| Newark, OH | $1,420/mo | 45.8% | rent-burdened |
| Lakewood, OH | $1,422/mo | 45.8% | rent-burdened |
| Garfield Heights, OH | $1,421/mo | 45.8% | rent-burdened |
| Troy, OH | $1,422/mo | 45.8% | rent-burdened |
| Cincinnati, OH | $1,432/mo | 46.2% | rent-burdened |
| Whitehall, OH | $1,434/mo | 46.2% | rent-burdened |
| Hamilton, OH | $1,438/mo | 46.3% | rent-burdened |
| Sidney, OH | $1,438/mo | 46.3% | rent-burdened |
| Woodlawn, OH | $1,443/mo | 46.5% | rent-burdened |
| Columbus, OH | $1,471/mo | 47.4% | rent-burdened |
| Louisville, OH | $1,472/mo | 47.4% | rent-burdened |
| Wooster, OH | $1,475/mo | 47.5% | rent-burdened |
| Fairborn, OH | $1,500/mo | 48.3% | rent-burdened |
| Warrensville Heights, OH | $1,500/mo | 48.3% | rent-burdened |
| Batavia, OH | $1,499/mo | 48.3% | rent-burdened |
| North Canton, OH | $1,503/mo | 48.4% | rent-burdened |
| Stow, OH | $1,537/mo | 49.5% | rent-burdened |
| Grove City, OH | $1,556/mo | 50.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Forest Park, OH | $1,570/mo | 50.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hilliard, OH | $1,573/mo | 50.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Maple Heights, OH | $1,574/mo | 50.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Silverton, OH | $1,573/mo | 50.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Turpin Hills, OH | $1,578/mo | 50.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Reynoldsburg, OH | $1,585/mo | 51.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Delaware, OH | $1,622/mo | 52.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Westerville, OH | $1,629/mo | 52.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Perrysburg, OH | $1,641/mo | 52.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Wadsworth, OH | $1,651/mo | 53.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Gahanna, OH | $1,655/mo | 53.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Sixteen Mile Stand, OH | $1,654/mo | 53.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Centerville, OH | $1,688/mo | 54.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mentor, OH | $1,690/mo | 54.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Lewis Center, OH | $1,691/mo | 54.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Blacklick Estates, OH | $1,697/mo | 54.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Kent, OH | $1,702/mo | 54.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Dublin, OH | $1,732/mo | 55.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Loveland, OH | $1,739/mo | 56% | severely rent-burdened |
| Sunbury, OH | $1,738/mo | 56% | severely rent-burdened |
| Brunswick, OH | $1,746/mo | 56.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Springdale, OH | $1,746/mo | 56.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| South Euclid, OH | $1,758/mo | 56.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Beavercreek, OH | $1,764/mo | 56.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| University Heights, OH | $1,768/mo | 57% | severely rent-burdened |
| Dillonvale, OH | $1,768/mo | 57% | severely rent-burdened |
| Blacklick, OH | $1,784/mo | 57.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Tipp City, OH | $1,786/mo | 57.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Shaker Heights, OH | $1,822/mo | 58.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| North Olmsted, OH | $1,847/mo | 59.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Blue Ash, OH | $1,845/mo | 59.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Newtown, OH | $1,849/mo | 59.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| West Chester, OH | $1,859/mo | 59.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Westlake, OH | $1,878/mo | 60.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Plain City, OH | $1,919/mo | 61.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Medina, OH | $1,931/mo | 62.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Uniontown, OH | $1,933/mo | 62.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| New Albany, OH | $1,958/mo | 63.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Upper Arlington, OH | $1,965/mo | 63.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Pickerington, OH | $1,965/mo | 63.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Lebanon, OH | $1,969/mo | 63.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Sylvania, OH | $1,994/mo | 64.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Sugarcreek, OH | $2,087/mo | 67.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Pataskala, OH | $2,090/mo | 67.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mason, OH | $2,118/mo | 68.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| South Lebanon, OH | $2,129/mo | 68.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Canal Winchester, OH | $2,158/mo | 69.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Avon Lake, OH | $2,170/mo | 69.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Trenton, OH | $2,180/mo | 70.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Beachwood, OH | $2,185/mo | 70.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Galloway, OH | $2,196/mo | 70.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Kenwood, OH | $2,206/mo | 71.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Avon, OH | $2,334/mo | 75.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Powell, OH | $2,480/mo | 79.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Maineville, OH | $2,504/mo | 80.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Morrow, OH | $2,578/mo | 83.1% | severely rent-burdened |