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Housing in Brady Lake

A typical Brady Lake home is worth about $168,000

Up 9.8% in a year, 33% below the Ohio typical home.

Typical home value
$168K
▲ 9.8% in a year · OH $249K
Zillow
Median sale price
$120K
April 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in April · 1 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,240
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,712
OH $2,822

Only 1 sale in April 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What kind of housing town is Brady Lake?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Price trend

Up 42.7% in five years

Faster than Ohio (29.2%).

Brady LakeOhio
$100K$125K$150K$175K$200K$225K$250K202220242026
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JanuaryBrady LakeOhio
2022$117,000$195,000
2023$126,000$211,000
2024$137,000$224,000
2025$147,000$237,000
2026$159,000$245,000
August 2026$168,000$249,000
Then & now

A typical Brady Lake home worth $111K in February 2021 is worth about $168K today.

+$56K
+9.8%
past year
+42.7%
past 5 years
+50.7%
since 2021

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.8 years of income

More than across Ohio (3.5 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$157,000
Typical Brady Lake home $168K

That’s $11K short of a typical Brady Lake home.

The typical home, each month
$1,100
Loan $830Tax $220Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,240 a month here, $140 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brady Lake’s typical property tax (1.55% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

72% of Brady Lake households own their home

Half of Brady Lake’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 72%Rent 28%

Ohio: 67% own.

1938
typical home built · OH 1970
$2,712
median property tax bill · OH $2,822
1.55%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,240

Renters already here pay a median of $966, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$890
1 bedroom$960
2 bedrooms$1,240
3 bedrooms$1,510
4 bedrooms$1,650
28%
of households rent · OH 33%
109
renter households
$966
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Akron, OH MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Brady Lake vs. its neighbors

Brady Lake is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Brady Lake$168K+9.8%$1,240$44,205
Franklin$246K*+4.8%†$1,270$64,034
Ravenna$224K+6%$1,200$63,875

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, April 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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