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Cost of living in Chardon, Ohio

Chardon, Ohio has about 5,249 people. Typical rent is $1,163 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $86,613 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #147 in Ohio on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,163 a month.

Chardon is a city in Ohio. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $86,613 a year.

People
5,249
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,163
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$86,613
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$303,000
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,274
Cleveland, OH HUD Metro FMR Area
Gas
$3.974
Ohio, week of October 12, 2026

Chardon, Ohio has about 5,249 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $303,000.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Geauga County is $1,274 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Chardon. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Cleveland, OH metro area, prices sit at 93.9 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Ohio taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.3% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Chardon's exact store tax.

Some places in Ohio add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 1.20% of income. That is not a Chardon bill.

In July 2026, a typical Ohio home paid 19.45¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Chardon's bill.

For the week of October 12, 2026, EIA's all-grades gasoline price in Ohio was $3.974 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $1,907.52 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Ohio shares this price.

Among 618 places we list in Ohio with a rent figure, 133 have higher typical rent than Chardon.

Nearby places

EBT nearby

USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Ohio

Bigger places in Ohio

Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.