Housing

Lima/Allen County was deemed one of the top 40 places to raise a family in the nation by readers digest. That still holds true today. Lima/Allen County offers a wide spectrum of housing opportunities along with price ranges. You can enjoy rental or condominium housing; urban or rural housing along with superb suburbia opportunities.

The National Association of Home Builders lists Lima in the top of the nation for median prices of new and existing homes in urban markets. Visit the West Central Ohio Realtors Association to look at available houses in our area.

And visit HomeFair’s web site for salary calculator, school reports, city reports and the relocation crime lab.

Taxes
Personal Income tax - adjusted yearly
For more information on Allen County Taxes (Personal, Business, Property etc. and how to calculate) click here.

For tax ranges visit our taxes page.

Cost of Living

Economy	zip 45801	Metro Area	State Avg.	National Avg.
Future job growth	2.3%	0.5%	-0.2%	10.5%
Sales tax	7.00%	5.00%	7.14%	5.63%
Income tax	4.99%	4.99%	5.70%	5.02%
Cost of living index	82.5	87.0	86.6	100.0
Source Home Fair cost of living index

Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor is available here as a pdf file for your convenience. Additional information may be obtained by visiting the Bureau's Web site.

Consumer Price Index http://stat.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf

You need Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader to view the Consumer Price Index. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader, you can get it here.

For more information from the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics click here.

For reports run specific to your project please contact Kristi Clouse at 419.222.7706.