Bartow Home Values (2026): What Houses Are Actually Selling For
Bartow, Polk County, Florida · Momentum Research · updated 2026-09-07
Homes in Bartow sold for a median of $311,490 over the last 12 months (267 recorded sales), $169 per square foot, and prices are down 2.0% year over year. The typical sale took 52 days to go under contract and closed at 95.9% of the original asking price. Long run: 12.6% a year since 2013 (median $67K then). No algorithm can price your specific house from that; a records-based valuation can. The data first, then how to get one.
Bartow home values year by year
Median recorded sale price, price per square foot, days to contract and sale-to-ask for every year we hold Bartow sales. The compound growth rate works out to 12.6% a year since 2013 (median $67K then).
| Year | Median sale | $/sq ft | Days to contract | Sale-to-ask | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $66,800 | $40 | 37 | 89.1% | 15 |
| 2014 | $62,250 | $49 | 46 | 91.1% | 16 |
| 2015 | $92,860 | $58 | 60 | 92.2% | 25 |
| 2016 | $97,787 | $62 | 51 | 92.0% | 54 |
| 2017 | $107,941 | $81 | 33 | 94.8% | 68 |
| 2019 | $218,990 | $108 | 28 | 97.7% | 15 |
| 2022 | $277,074 | $171 | 11 | 99.4% | 157 |
| 2023 | $304,091 | $163 | 20 | 97.1% | 77 |
| 2024 | $305,566 | $177 | 21 | 99.1% | 261 |
| 2025 | $316,777 | $176 | 44 | 97.0% | 343 |
| 2026 | $312,282 | $170 | 53 | 95.9% | 267 |
Where the Bartow market is tight, by price band
Months of supply is active inventory divided by the monthly sales pace; under about four months favors sellers, over six favors buyers. Find your band before you price.
Bartow home values by ZIP code
Active listings and list medians from our feeds today; the typical value and one-year change are Zillow’s ZHVI for the ZIP, which tracks the whole housing stock rather than only what sold.
| ZIP | Active listings | Median list | Typical value (ZHVI) | 1-yr change | Listings with a price cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33830 | 1 | $359,900 | $278,638 | -0.4% | 35% |
Home values by community in Bartow
The communities with the most recorded sales in the last 12 months. Each links to its own home-value page with the full price history.
| Community | Median sale | Year over year | Days to contract | Sales (12 mo) | Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE GROVE AT STUART CROSSING | $332,000 | -1.1% | 55 | 81 | 0 |
| WIND MEADOWS SOUTH | $311,490 | -2.4% | 29 | 71 | 0 |
| WIND MDWS SOUTH PH 1 | $309,900 | -3.2% | 28 | 17 | 0 |
| RICHLAND MANOR | $239,500 | -6.1% | 31 | 12 | 0 |
| JAMES FARMS | $345,900 | -4.9% | 84 | 9 | 0 |
| HACKLAKE | $258,200 | n/a | 48 | 8 | 0 |
| HANCOCK CROSSINGS | $321,578 | -12.9% | 96 | 8 | 0 |
| SAND LAKE GROVES | $331,664 | -1.7% | 137 | 8 | 0 |
| THOMPSON PRESERVE | $306,511 | -3.8% | 190 | 8 | 0 |
| AZALEA PARK | $185,000 | -22.6% | 35 | 7 | 12 |
| GORDON HEIGHTS PH 04 | $243,000 | +18.6% | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| LAKE GARFIELD ESTATES | $235,000 | +30.1% | 54 | 5 | 0 |
What moves the sale price in Bartow beyond the medians
Cash paid for about 11% of recent Bartow closings. New construction was 67% of sales, which sets the ceiling on what resale buyers will pay for a comparable resale. Sellers have been closing at 95.9% of original asking, so the list price is a negotiation opener, not the number. Zillow’s ZIP metrics put the city’s price-to-income ratio near 4.68 and five-year appreciation near +3.8%. Property mix: Single Family Residence 100%. Condition, lot, roof age, insurance quote and the specific street’s last three closings move an individual house well outside these ranges.
What is my house worth in Bartow?
Not a number this page can give you, and not one an automated model can either: every value above is a median of many Bartow sales, and the spread inside it is wide. A records-based valuation pulls the recorded closings on your street and in your community, adjusts for size, condition, lot and what your home has that the comps do not, and comes back as a written range with a net sheet showing what you would clear at each price after commissions, Florida doc stamps, title and payoff. Momentum Realty does that for Bartow owners at no cost through the form below; the Messtimate gives a square-footage range in the meantime, and the seller net proceeds calculator runs the arithmetic on any price you are considering.
Selling in Bartow: next steps
- Best time of year to sell in Polk County
- Seller net proceeds calculator
- Polk County property tax rate and calculator (what a buyer will pay after your sale)
- Homes for sale in Bartow right now (your competition)
- Bartow housing market: live data and trends
- How Momentum sells homes
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Figures are recorded closed sales and active listings from the MLS feeds behind our Bartow pages, aggregated by Momentum Research as of 2026-09-07; ZIP typical values from Zillow (ZHVI). Community-level aggregates only; nothing on this page is a valuation of any specific property, an appraisal, or an offer. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed. EAB RE Investments LLC dba Momentum Realty, a licensed Florida real estate brokerage. Equal Housing Opportunity.