Home values, rents and more in the Akron metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Akron metro compares
The typical home in the Akron metro area is worth about $240,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Akron metro are about the same as the typical value in Ohio ($246,000) and 34% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Akron metro rose 4.0%, compared with +3.2% in Ohio and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,306 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 7% below Ohio ($1,402) and 32% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.7% over the past year.
The median household income is $72,371, against $71,389 in Ohio and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 701,780 people live in the Akron metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Akron metro has the 403rd-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 15th-highest of 41 in Ohio with Zillow figures.
Part of: Ohio
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Akron metro
Cities in the Akron metro
- Akron, OH $139,000
- Cuyahoga Falls, OH $218,000
- Stow, OH $289,000
- Kent, OH $250,000
- Barberton, OH $156,000
- Hudson, OH $560,000
- Twinsburg, OH $356,000
- Copley, OH $343,000
- Tallmadge, OH $287,000
- Streetsboro, OH $287,000
- Aurora, OH $442,000
- Macedonia, OH $347,000
- Norton, OH $253,000
- Ravenna, OH $222,000
- Rootstown, OH $278,000
- Fairlawn, OH $318,000
- Montrose-Ghent, OH $532,000
- Reminderville, OH $354,000
- Munroe Falls, OH $275,000
- Mogadore, OH $265,000
- Richfield, OH $503,000
- Northfield, OH $301,000
- Deerfield, OH $244,000
- Garrettsville, OH $288,000
- Silver Lake, OH $368,000
- Windham, OH $193,000
- Boston Heights, OH $547,000
- Clinton, OH $278,000
- Hiram, OH $343,000
- Brady Lake, OH $165,000
- Atwater, OH $308,000
- Mantua, OH $302,000
- Peninsula, OH $376,000
- Sugar Bush Knolls, OH $438,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.