Ocala housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Ocala home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index valued a typical home in Ocala, Florida at $263,895 in September 2026, which was −2.4% versus a year earlier and −7.3% below the $284,665 peak in October 2022.
- Value of a typical home
- $263,895September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- −2.4%. Measured against September 2025.
Ocala home prices since 2000
Ocala is drawn with the steel line, the United States with the grey line. The typical home in Ocala has risen from $113,886 to $263,895, ×2.32, since January 2004; over the same months the US rose ×2.26. The boom peaked in January 2007, when the price was $195,682; the low came in May 2012 at $92,313, −52.8%.
Home prices in Ocala: the yearly median
Each year averages the twelve monthly values; for 2026 the latest month is shown.
| Year | Ocala | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | $118,785 | $169,891 | |
| 2005 | $144,758 | +21.9% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $185,152 | +27.9% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $189,083 | +2.1% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $165,538 | −12.5% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $136,505 | −17.5% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $117,051 | −14.3% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $100,398 | −14.2% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $93,155 | −7.2% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $99,851 | +7.2% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $107,234 | +7.4% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $115,319 | +7.5% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $127,387 | +10.5% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $140,539 | +10.3% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $154,366 | +9.8% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $164,596 | +6.6% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $175,844 | +6.8% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $208,888 | +18.8% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $269,790 | +29.2% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $281,615 | +4.4% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $280,796 | −0.3% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $273,272 | −2.7% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $263,895 | −2.4% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Ocala in any year is worth now
An estimate based on the index for a typical home, not an appraisal.
A year's figure averages its twelve monthly index values; the current value is September 2026. See also: home appreciation calculator.
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Ocala housing market forecast
In the Ocala, FL metro, Zillow's forecast shows −2.3% across the 12 months from September 2026, plus −0.4% over the next three months. That would put Ocala's typical value of $263,895 near $257,800 a year on.
What appears here restates Zillow's central estimate for the metro; this site does not publish any forecast of its own. Forecasts like this one over 12 months have typically been off by several percentage points, in both directions. This is not investment advice.
One table with the forecast for every metro: housing market forecast.
Ocala housing market crash risk score
64 out of 100, high
Ocala is ranked against the 292 cities using five conditions that had run high before earlier price falls. Each input gets a score from 0 to 100, compared with the other cities, and the five scores are averaged with equal weight. It shows conditions as they stand now, and it makes no prediction of a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | +65.3% | 95 | 20% |
| Time on the market vs 2019 | +18.5% | 78 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 13.9 | 18 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 4.3 | 37 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | −2.4% | 92 | 20% |
Nothing here counts as investment advice. How the inputs get their scores: methodology. Ranking of all 292 cities: crash risk by city.
In Ocala: inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Ocala, FL metro listed 3,468 homes for sale, at −12.5% from a year earlier and +65.3% above the same month in 2019. Selling took a median of 77 days per listing (+18.5% against 2019), while 21.0% of listings received a price cut.
| Ocala, FL metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 3,468 | −12.5% |
| New listings | 970 | |
| Median days on market | 77 | −3.1% |
| Median list price | $299,900 | 0% |
| Share with a price cut | 21.0% |
Metro inventory comes from Realtor.com® Economic Research. See Realtor.com data. Explore every metro through days on market by city.
In Ocala: rent and the cost of living
In Ocala, the typical asking rent is $1,584 a month, according to the Zillow Observed Rent Index, 0% from a year earlier. Buying the typical home costs the equivalent of 13.9 years of that rent. The typical home equals 4.3 times annual income at the median household income of $61,814 (Census ACS 2024). BEA scores metro prices at 95.2 where the US average is 100, and housing costs at 86.2.
Other Florida housing markets
- Jacksonville housing market $284,832.
- Miami housing market $583,705.
- Tampa housing market $375,619.
- Orlando housing market $372,775.
- St. Petersburg market $351,862.
- Port St. Lucie $384,099
- Cape Coral $334,660
- Tallahassee housing market $291,188.
- Fort Lauderdale $509,743
- Hollywood $442,331
Statewide figures: Florida housing market.
How to read this chart
Every point shows the Zillow Home Value Index for Ocala: what a typical home is worth in the market's middle third, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, in that month's dollars. One hollow dot shows the slider's month, while the terracotta dot shows the latest month. Because these numbers ignore inflation and track the typical home instead of one house, you can value a single home from its own sale price: use the card above or the appreciation calculator.