Winter Haven, FL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Winter Haven: a median closing price of $290,000 across 699 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.
Winter Haven closes a lot of homes into a narrow band, which makes its median unusually informative: sales over the last six months land close together, so the citywide number is a real anchor rather than an average of extremes.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 699
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $290,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $160
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $240,000 and $333,999
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 699 closed sales in Winter Haven over the last six months, with a median closing price of $290,000. 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 $240,000 and $333,999. 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. 85% of the Winter Haven 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 697 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $137 and $179 per square foot.
Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Winter Haven, FL (October 2026)
The median home price in Winter Haven is $290,000, measured across the 699 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $240,000 and $333,999.
Where Winter Haven sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Winter Haven over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $240,000 and $333,999. Among the 205 Florida markets with a published band, Winter Haven's middle-half spread ($240,000 to $333,999) ranks 17th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 48 days, across 454 Winter Haven closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 35 days, across 457 Winter Haven closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Winter Haven angle
Winter Haven's median closed sale price was $290,000 across 699 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, with the middle half of sales landing between $240,000 and $333,999. For pricing, that means the downside case for an atypical property runs longer than the upside case, so a valuation that misses low here misses by more.
Winter Haven market data by ZIP code
Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Winter Haven ZIP codes: 33884 · 33881 · 33880.
From market read to offer price
A tight market makes the next step easier: the citywide anchor sits close to most homes, and a report only has to explain the gap. 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, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR 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. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Winter Haven address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Winter Haven, FL
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 1278275
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 699
Median sold price: $290,000
Median sold $/sqft: $160 (697 qualifying)
Property mix: 85% houses
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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 Winter Haven over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Winter Haven?
The median sold price in Winter Haven over the last 6 months is $290,000, measured across 699 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Winter Haven last month?
Resideline has tracked 75 closed sales in Winter Haven in September 2026 so far, out of 699 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Winter Haven?
The middle half of Winter Haven sales over the last six months closed between $240,000 and $333,999, with a median of $290,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Winter Haven?
Among qualifying Winter Haven closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $160, measured across 697 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
What should I watch for when pricing a Winter Haven deal?
The shape of the band. The middle half of the 699 closings Resideline tracked over six months ran from $240,000 to $333,999, and $290,000 sits closer to the upper quartile than to the lower one, so there is more ordinary range below the midpoint than above it. Applying a citywide median to a property you have not matched risks an estimate that is too generous. Depth here is better than most markets we track, so build the matched set instead.
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