Youngstown, OH Housing Market Forecast 2026
A momentum-based outlook built from real market data: the PropertyIQ demand score, days on market, and price-cut trends — refreshed monthly, with a confidence grade. No speculation, no price targets.
PropertyIQ Score
Will Youngstown, OH Home Prices Crash in 2026?
The current momentum data does not show a crash signal for Youngstown. The area’s PropertyIQ Score of 57 sits above the state average baseline of 50, indicating demand momentum that is modestly firmer than the state norm. The 12-month home value momentum driver is positive at 9.47%, which suggests values firmed over the past year. The 3-month home value momentum driver is negative at -2.22%, pointing to recent cooling. The median home value change over the past year is listed as $-4, essentially flat. These mixed readings describe a market that has firmed over a longer window and eased more recently, not one signaling an abrupt downturn. The data does not show the kind of broad momentum reversal that would point to a crash, but it also does not point to accelerating upward pressure. The honest read is that momentum is cooling near term while remaining modestly above the state demand baseline.
Momentum Signals
The score drivers provide a mixed momentum picture. The 12-month home value momentum of 9.47% signals that home values firmed over the past year. The 3-month home value momentum of -2.22% signals that this firming has turned to cooling in the most recent quarter. Median days on market of 43 days points to steady transaction activity; homes are moving at a pace that is not unusually slow. The share of listings with a price cut of 19.7% indicates some easing in seller leverage, as roughly one in five listings has adjusted price downward. Together these signals describe a market where earlier upward momentum is meeting softer near-term conditions, with steady time on market and some price adjustment.
How Youngstown, OH Compares
Youngstown’s median home value of $175,260 sits below the state average of $249,941. Its median household income of $55,357 is also below the state average of $69,680, while unemployment at 4.6% is above the state average of 3.6%. The rent index of $1,037 is above the state average of $988. The PropertyIQ Score of 57 is above the state average baseline of 50, indicating slightly firmer demand momentum than the state overall even as several underlying affordability and labor market metrics trail state levels. National benchmarks were not provided in the data. Population growth is listed as N/A.
The Bottom Line for 2026
Youngstown enters 2026 with a PropertyIQ Score of 57 and a confidence grade of A. That score reflects demand momentum that is modestly firmer than the state average, but the driver mix shows cooling in the most recent three months. The 12-month momentum is positive, the 3-month momentum is negative, days on market are steady at 43 days, and price cuts are present at 19.7%. The market has lower home values and incomes than the state average, higher unemployment, and a higher rent index. The current momentum data does not point to a crash, nor does it point to accelerating upward pressure. The most grounded 2026 outlook is for a cooling to steady demand environment with some softness in recent price momentum, watched with high confidence in the signal but with missing population and national benchmark context.
What Drives the Youngstown, OH Outlook
Frequently Asked Questions
Will Youngstown, OH home prices crash in 2026?
Momentum data does not predict prices, but it shows direction. Youngstown, OH has a PropertyIQ Score of 57 (confidence grade F), indicating steady demand momentum, in line with its state average. A score of 50 equals the market's state average. PropertyIQ does not publish price-crash predictions; it tracks the demand signals that historically move first: price momentum, days on market, and the share of listings with price cuts.
What is the Youngstown, OH PropertyIQ Score?
Youngstown, OH currently scores 57 out of 99 (confidence grade F). The PropertyIQ Score measures demand momentum from four inputs: 12-month price momentum, 3-month price momentum, median days on market, and price-reduced share. It is calibrated so 50 equals the state average, and it is refreshed monthly.
How fast are homes selling in Youngstown, OH?
The median listing in Youngstown, OH currently spends 43 days on the market. Days on market is one of the four inputs to the PropertyIQ Score: shorter times signal firming demand, longer times signal easing demand.
Are Youngstown, OH home prices rising or falling right now?
Over the last year, Youngstown, OH home values rose 9.5%. That is measured history, not a forecast; the PropertyIQ Score combines it with days-on-market and price-cut data to read where demand is heading.
How current is this Youngstown, OH forecast data?
This forecast is refreshed on a monthly cycle, with the latest figures current through July 2026. PropertyIQ recomputes the PropertyIQ Score every month using fresh price momentum data from Zillow and fresh days-on-market and price-cut data from Realtor.com, so the score always reflects the most recently completed reporting period rather than a static snapshot.