Wren, Ohio

Population

Down 1.9% since 2020.

151

people, the 859th-largest of Ohio's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Ohio's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

100.0%

of 13 jobs located in Wren are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $245.

A $245 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Van Wert County.

• $689 Tract 203
• $934 Tract 204

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 0 homes permitted, 2022–2025
• 98% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

0

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 62% less than Ohio's.

$82,500

median home value in Wren.

• $82,500 Wren
• $214,800 Ohio
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year