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DSCR Loans in Holmes County, Ohio

A rental property in Holmes County carries a lighter tax bill than most of Ohio: 1.08% effective, against a 1.36% statewide average. That gap works in a borrower's favor on a DSCR calculation, so we've worked it below on a property at the county's own median value.

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Holmes County at a glance

County seat
Millersburg
Population
44,970 (2025 est.)
Effective property tax rate
1.08%
Median home value
$267,700 (ACS 2020-2024 5yr)
Median gross rent
$816/mo (ACS 2020-2024 5yr)

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Why investors look at Holmes County

Home to the largest Amish settlement in the world; a distinct rural-tourism economy shapes the local housing and short-term-rental market.

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The tax-drag math for Holmes County

Property tax is the single input most Ohio rental-market content skips, and it's the one that varies most by county — from under 1% to over 2.3% across the state's 88 counties. In Holmes County it runs below the statewide middle.

A $267,700 property here — Holmes County's own median home value, 20% down ($53,540), renting for $816/mo — financed at an observed Ohio DSCR average of 7.20% (Q2 2026)¹:

Gross rent
$816
Holmes County property tax ($267,700 × 1.08% ÷ 12)
$241
Landlord insurance ($1220 ÷ 12)
$102
Principal & interest, $214,160 loan at an observed 7.20% Ohio average¹, 30-yr fixed
$1,454
PITIA (tax + insurance + P&I)
$1,796
DSCR (rent ÷ PITIA)
$816 ÷ $1,796 = 0.45

At these countywide figures, a 0.45 lands under the 1.00 floor most DSCR programs require — see the methodology note below for why a whole-county median often understates what a targeted rental-grade property actually clears. At the statewide average tax rate of 1.36% instead of Holmes County's lower 1.08%, this same property's monthly tax bill would run about $303 instead of $241 — Holmes County's below-average rate is worth roughly $62/month here.

This worked example deliberately uses Holmes County's own ACS-reported median home value against its ACS-reported median gross rent — a blended, whole-county pairing that includes higher-priced owner-occupied housing on the value side and apartment/multifamily rents on the rent side. That's a more conservative starting point than a matched, rental-grade single-family purchase. Run your own address and rent number through the DSCR calculator for a property-specific result instead of this countywide blend.

0.45 on the county median isn't a verdict on Holmes County — it's a description of the middle of the market. Below-median purchase price, above-median rent, or a larger down payment are the three levers that move a specific deal back over 1.00; the gap between the average and the achievable is the opportunity, not a warning.

¹ Ohio DSCR long-term-rental loans averaged 7.20% in Q2 2026 (Private Lender Link), inside the broader 6.5%–8.75% range lenders were publishing for DSCR product nationally. This is a market observation, not an offer — your rate depends on your DSCR, credit, LTV and loan purpose, and is set by the lender, not by us.

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Cities in Holmes County

No city or village in Holmes County reaches the 5,000-population threshold this dataset uses. That doesn't mean there's no rental stock here — it means the county-level numbers above are the most granular figures we publish for Holmes County.

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Nearby counties

Nearby in NE Ohio:

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Numbers on this page are county medians — a real Holmes County property will come in above or below them. Compare quotes on the one you're looking at.

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Sources for this page

Last updated 2026-08-25. County tax rates and home-value figures are refreshed periodically from the sources above, each with its own as-of date.