What is the median rent in Minster, OH?

Name: Median rent in Minster, OH, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Minster, OH is $918 (±$88) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 163 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Minster, the median gross rent went from $829 in 2015–2019 to $918 in 2020–2024 (+10.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $918 (±$88)
Rented homes: 163 (±56)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +10.7%

How much rent costs in Minster

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Minster	Auglaize County	Ohio	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±20.4 points)	14.1%	8.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	73.6% (±14.9 points)	48.7%	38.3%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	26.4% (±14.9 points)	30.7%	34.5%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±20.4 points)	4.2%	12.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±20.4 points)	1.2%	3.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±20.4 points)	0.4%	1.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±20.4 points)	0.7%	1.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 73.6% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Minster cost $2,000 or more a month.

Minster against Auglaize County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Minster	Auglaize County	Ohio	United States
Median gross rent	$918 (±$88)	$868 (±$48)	$1,034 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	163 (±56)	3,878 (±456)	1,512,031 (±11,174)	42,849,984

In Minster, median gross rent is not measurably different from Auglaize County ($868).

It is also lower than in Ohio ($1,034).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Auglaize County, Minster ranks 5 of 16 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 891 of 1,916.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Minster has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$829 (±$130)	$918 (±$88)	+10.7%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	16.7% (±4.6 points)	15.4% (±4.7 points)	−1.3 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±15.4 points)	15.2% (±14.8 points)	+15.2 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Minster

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Minster
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Minster	—	$918 (±$88)	—
Jackson Township (Auglaize County)	1.3 mi	$923 (±$58)	Not measurably different
McLean Township	2.5 mi	$864 (±$64)	Not measurably different
New Bremen	2.8 mi	$739 (±$93)	Lower
Fort Loramie	3.4 mi	$836 (±$100)	Not measurably different
German Township (Auglaize County)	3.5 mi	$698 (±$55)	Lower
Van Buren Township (Shelby County)	6.3 mi	$905 (±$116)	Not measurably different
Chickasaw	6.7 mi	$900 (±$265)	Not measurably different
Cynthian Township	6.9 mi	$1,320 (±$291)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: New Bremen, OH ($739), German Township (Auglaize County), OH ($698).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Cynthian Township, OH ($1,320).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Auglaize County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1 (tie)	Buckland	$1,304 (±$302)
1 (tie)	Logan Township	$1,304 (±$302)
3	Union Township (Auglaize County)	$1,179 (±$408)
4	Jackson Township (Auglaize County)	$923 (±$58)
5	Minster	$918 (±$88)
6	Washington Township (Auglaize County)	$903 (±$116)
7	Waynesfield	$895 (±$72)
8	St. Marys Township	$879 (±$67)
9	Cridersville	$876 (±$340)
10	St. Marys	$848 (±$32)
11 (tie)	New Knoxville	$839 (±$136)

Showing 11 of 16 places in Auglaize County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Minster

What is the average rent in Minster, OH?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Minster is $918 (±$88) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Minster?

In Minster, the median gross rent went from $829 in 2015–2019 to $918 in 2020–2024 (+10.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Minster cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Minster have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Minster higher than in Auglaize County?

In Minster, median gross rent is not measurably different from Auglaize County ($868).

It is also lower than in Ohio ($1,034).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Minster village, Ohio (place:50918, in state:39).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.