Merrin Acres
Homes for Sale in Plant City, FL

Merrin Acres is a large Plant City community of about 360 homes in Hillsborough County, notable for a century-wide span of construction — from 1910 to 2024 — that makes it less a uniform tract and more a collection of individual houses.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 16 homes in Merrin Acres that have changed hands since 2005, built between 1940 and 2004 (median 1996), with a median living area of about 1,726 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 2-bath layout. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

Merrin Acres is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 33565, 165 homes are on the market and 26% are under contract — a steady corner of Plant City.

Across Hillsborough County, 6,274 homes are active and 1,939 pending (24% under contract).

In ZIP 33565 (Plant City), 332 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $391K ($178/sq ft), up 5.2% year over year, with a median 39 days on market. Right now 9 active and 5 pending listings put supply at about 1.4 months — a healthy market. See the live ZIP 33565 housing market and the Hillsborough County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Merrin Acres specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

The single most important fact about Merrin Acres is the year-built range: 1910 to 2024. When a community carries that much vintage spread, the median year of 1989 tells you where the middle sits but not what you will actually walk into on any given showing. Renovation level, systems age, and lot character do the heavy lifting on value here, which is why we lean qualitative on pricing rather than pointing at a range that would mislead you.

At roughly 71% homestead, most of these homes are lived in by their owners, which tends to mean better-maintained properties and less speculative flipping. The tradeoff for buyers is that turnover can be thinner and the right house may take patience to surface. For sellers, a well-updated home stands out sharply against older, untouched stock — condition is your leverage.

In a community where a 1910 house and a 2024 build can sit on the same street, the median tells you almost nothing about the home in front of you. We price and evaluate property by property here — reading condition, systems, and updates against a very wide vintage span so you are not paying new-build money for deferred maintenance, or missing a well-kept older home because the number looked off.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.