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August 21, 2026· Updated August 22, 2026
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Middletown, OH Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Middletown: a median closing price of $190,000 across 432 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Middletown, OH Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Middletown, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Middletown sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 432
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $190,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $143
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $138,500 and $261,500

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 432 closed sales in Middletown over the last six months, with a median closing price of $190,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $138,500 and $261,500. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 90% of the Middletown closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 421 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $110 and $184 per square foot.

Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Middletown, OH (August 2026)

The median home price in Middletown is $190,000, measured across the 432 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $138,500 and $261,500.

Where Middletown sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Middletown
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $139k to $262k
$63k to $105k: 40 sales$63k$105k to $147k: 68 sales$147k to $189k: 83 sales83sales$147k$189k to $231k: 68 sales$231k to $273k: 60 sales$231k$273k to $315k: 25 sales$315k to $357k: 27 sales$315k$357k to $399k: 17 salesMedian $190k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Middletown over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $138,500 and $261,500. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Middletown monthly medians over the last six months, among qualifying closings with usable living area
Feb 2026: $156 per square foot across 14 sales$156Feb 2026Mar 2026: $127 per square foot across 66 sales$127Mar 2026Apr 2026: $142 per square foot across 90 sales$142Apr 2026May 2026: $142 per square foot across 88 sales$142May 2026Jun 2026: $169 per square foot across 67 sales$169Jun 2026Jul 2026: $136 per square foot across 72 sales$136Jul 2026Aug 2026: $167 per square foot across 24 sales$167Aug 2026

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 11 days, across 291 Middletown closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 31 days, across 288 Middletown closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 432 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Middletown angle

Treat the Middletown median as context, not as a valuation. Across 432 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $190,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $138,500 and $261,500, wider than most markets we track. A band that broad means two properties can both be normal for the city and still close a long way apart, so a citywide anchor will quietly mis-price most individual deals. There is more room above the median than below it, which matters most when your subject reads as better than average.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,508+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Middletown address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Middletown, OH
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 432
Median sold price: $190,000
Median sold $/sqft: $143 (421 qualifying)
Property mix: 90% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/middletown-oh-housing-market

The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Middletown over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track inside the city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 17% of the 432 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $205,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Middletown?

The median sold price in Middletown over the last 6 months is $190,000, measured across 432 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Middletown last month?

Resideline tracked 74 closed sales in Middletown in July 2026, out of 432 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Middletown?

The middle half of Middletown sales over the last six months closed between $138,500 and $261,500, with a median of $190,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Middletown?

Among qualifying Middletown closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $143, measured across 421 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Is Middletown's median a fair proxy for an individual property?

Not on its own. The middle half of the closings Resideline tracked ran from $138,500 to $261,500, wider than most markets we track, so ordinary properties can close far apart from each other. Use $190,000 to bound your expectations, then build the actual number from closed sales matched on type, size and condition, which the depth of this sample supports.

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