Aug 2026
$150K
+0.2% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Akron, OH housing market
Akron, OH median sale price $150K in Aug 2026, up 0.2% year over year. Also days on market, price cuts, affordability and ZIP-code figures.
The median sale price in Akron, OH is $150K as of Aug 2026, up 0.2% from a year earlier. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro shows a larger change, up 3.2% through Q2 2026, 3.0 points apart; Price reconciliation below shows both.
On median sale price, Akron ($150K) ranks 4th of the five Ohio metros Pecan Street tracks, between Dayton ($151K) and Cleveland ($149K). Akron has the fewest median days on market of the five Ohio metros (43 days); Cleveland (44 days) is next. On share of listings with a price cut, Akron (48%) ranks 3rd of the five Ohio metros, between Columbus (59%) and Cincinnati (48%).
Listings spent a median 43 days on market in Sep 2026, fewer than in most of the 195 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. 48% of active listings carry a price cut, 0.5 points fewer than a year earlier. That share is higher than in most of the 195 metros. Building permits authorized 48 new housing units in Aug 2026.
At the 7.45% 30-year fixed rate with 20% down, principal and interest on a median-priced home come to $833 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $36K a year. The median sale price equals about 8 years of HUD Fair Market Rent, a ratio up 5.2% from a year earlier. That ratio is the 10th-lowest of the 195 metros. Active listings ask a median $145 per square foot, up 1.4% from a year earlier.
In eight of the 12 ZIP codes in the table below, median list prices are lower than a year earlier; four are higher.
Headline
Oct 6, 2026
7.45%
30-year fixed
Where it comes from
National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.
The same rate appears on every market page.
Principal & interest
$833/mo
$36K/yr income needed
How it’s calculated
Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.
Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.
How Akron compares to other U.S. metros
| Price-to-rent | ↓186th of 195 |
|---|---|
| Price cuts | ↑21st of 195 (top 11%) |
| Days on market | ↓166th of 195 |
| Home-price growth | ↓126th of 195 |
Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.
Affordability
| Price-to-rent ratio | ≈ 8 +5.2% YoY ↓186th of 195 |
|---|---|
| Asking price / sq ft | $145 +1.4% YoY |
Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market pressure
| Listings with a price cut | ≈ 48% -0.5 pts YoY ↑21st of 195 (top 11%) |
|---|---|
| New housing units permitted | 48 |
Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Aug 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market facts
| ZIPs with listing data | 12 shown of 45 |
|---|---|
| MLS board of record | MLS Now |
| Price methodology | Redfin vs FHFA HPI |
| Data as of | Aug 2026 |
Recent signals
No signals flagged for this market right now.
Price reconciliation
amber · 3.0ppRedfin (city) +0.2% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 +3.2% |
Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.
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| ZIP | Median list price | Active listings | New listings | Price reductions | Days on market | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44202 | $529K↓ | 55↑ | 28↓ | 24↑ | 53↓ | $420K↑ |
| 44203 | $188K↓ | 53↓ | 46↑ | 36↓ | 29↓ | $187K↑ |
| 44301 | $133K↓ | 51↑ | 10↓ | 32↑ | 47↑ | $126K↑ |
| 44305 | $122K↓ | 53↓ | 30↓ | 30↑ | 33↑ | $123K↑ |
| 44306 | $100K↓ | 68↑ | 18↓ | 34↑ | 54↑ | $89K↓ |
| 44310 | $126K↓ | 51↓ | 22↓ | 26↓ | 45↑ | $121K↑ |
| 44312 | $216K↓ | 66↑ | 40↑ | 32↑ | 39↓ | $184K↑ |
| 44313 | $320K↑ | 70↑ | 46↑ | 30↑ | 34↓ | $264K↑ |
| 44314 | $112K↓ | 53↓ | 22↓ | 12↓ | 51↑ | $107K↑ |
| 44319 | $288K↑ | 47↓ | 34↑ | 22↓ | 32↓ | $250K↑ |
| 44320 | $128K↑ | 56↑ | 30↓ | 34↑ | 38↑ | $112K↓ |
| 44685 | $384K↑ | 65↑ | 40↑ | 22↑ | 48↑ | $327K↑ |
ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.