Zion Heights
Homes for Sale in Tampa, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Zion Heights is an older, close-in Tampa pocket where price is driven far more by condition and lot than by any single spec. With a median year built of 1964 and a range that runs from 1900 all the way to 2024, you are buying a specific house, not a template — a gut-renovated bungalow and a tired original next door will not trade at the same number. The median sits at $337,500, but the spread underneath it is wide, and the median price per square foot near $256 tells you buyers are paying for finish and usable space, not just a roof.
Posture right now favors sellers who have done the work. Homes are going under contract in just under 30 days, and prices are up 16.4% year over year, so well-presented, updated homes are moving. Buyers should read that as a market that rewards patience and inspection discipline — the discounts are on the deferred-maintenance houses, and that is where your leverage lives. Note the small closings window behind these figures: treat the trend as directional, not precise.
Zion Heights right now
🟢 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($338K) is up 16.4% from the prior 12 months ($290K). With about 2 sales a year, a single closing can swing this number, so read the level and the decade, not one year's move.Momentum Research, record-level Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15. Confidence: Low (4 and 5 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 15, 2026 · Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
Zion Heights right now
🟢 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($338K) is up 16.4% from the prior 12 months ($290K). With about 2 sales a year, a single closing can swing this number, so read the level and the decade, not one year's move.Momentum Research, record-level Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15. Confidence: Low (4 and 5 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 15, 2026 · Live data: Stellar MLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Zion Heights market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $338K ($256 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 30 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 16% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (4 closings in the current window).
Zion Heights is a community of 866 homes in Tampa, Hillsborough County, built between 1900 and 2024 (median 1964.0), with a median living area of about 1,262 square feet. 46% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Zion Heights is a compact, established Tampa neighborhood in Hillsborough County of roughly 866 homes, where a century of building — 1900 through 2024 — sits side by side and condition, not age alone, sets the price.
Who Zion Heights is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting the mid-$330s who want an established, close-in Tampa address over new-build acreage
- Renovation-minded buyers willing to price in deferred maintenance on an older home for upside
- Investors comfortable underwriting a market with a meaningful non-owner-occupied share
Probably not for
- Buyers who need turnkey new construction and won't tolerate mid-century systems
- Anyone needing significantly more than the ~1,262 sqft median living space
- Buyers who want to move slowly in a market that is clearing in under 30 days
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 15 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($338K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($290K) IS the +16.4% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 5 sales each (4 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period %s through %s. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The Zion Heights buying strategy.
If we were buying in Zion Heights today, this is the order of operations we would run for our clients.
Underwrite the condition first. Price the roof, HVAC, and systems honestly before judging any list price; condition swings value here more than square footage alone.
Match the home to real comps. Recent sales of similar condition and lot, not the asking price, tell you what a home is worth.
Move deliberately, not desperately. Neither side has a decisive edge, so a well-prepared, fairly-priced offer wins without overpaying.
Line up financing and inspection early. A pre-approval and an inspection plan let you act fast and negotiate from evidence.
Keep an agent in your corner. The listing agent works for the seller; we represent you and prepare a hand-built valuation before any offer in Zion Heights.
An older footprint with a wide condition spread
The median living area here is about 1,262 square feet, which frames the housing stock honestly: these are modest-footprint homes on older lots, not sprawling new construction. The 1964 median build year means many properties carry mid-century systems and layouts, so what you pay per foot swings hard on whether the mechanicals, roof, and kitchen have been addressed. That is the single most important thing to underwrite before you write an offer.
A homestead share around 46% suggests a meaningful portion of this market is non-owner-occupied — a mix of investor-held and rental product alongside owner homes. For a buyer, that means comps require care: a lightly-updated rental and an owner-finished home are different animals at the same address range. For a seller, it means presentation and documented upgrades are what separate you from the pack in a neighborhood where the raw square footage is similar across the street.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Zion Heights. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Momentum Buy Score.
Our proprietary 0 to 10 read across the factors that decide how a home in Zion Heights buys, holds, and resells. Momentum Research; not an appraisal.
Momentum Intelligence Scores are our proprietary, qualitative assessment on a 0 to 10 scale, built from the record-level market data on this page. They are a framework for comparing communities, not a guarantee of future value and not advice on a specific home; unlike an automated value estimate they do not price your home, they grade the community on evidence you can inspect. Composite is the plain average of the 3 factors (7.7). Basis: Recent Direction +16.4% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 46% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 97.7% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a neighborhood this condition-driven, the number on the listing tells you almost nothing until you know what is behind the walls. We underwrite Zion Heights house by house — reading each property against genuinely comparable finishes rather than blended averages — so buyers avoid overpaying for deferred maintenance and sellers price to the work they have actually done. In a market moving in under 30 days, that judgment is the difference between a clean close and a re-list.
Zion Heights in 15 seconds.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (8 streets, ZIP 33610)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2005 (29 transactions analyzed) |
Verify the primary sources yourself: Florida DOR · U.S. Census · FEMA flood maps · Citizens Property Insurance.
Momentum Research figures are our own analysis of Stellar MLS records; MLS data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Methodology: how Momentum market scores are computed. Market metrics describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 15 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($338K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($290K) IS the +16.4% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 5 sales each (4 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period %s through %s. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (8 streets, ZIP 33610)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2005 (29 transactions analyzed) |
Verify the primary sources yourself: Florida DOR · U.S. Census · FEMA flood maps · Citizens Property Insurance.
Momentum Research figures are our own analysis of Stellar MLS records; MLS data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Methodology: how Momentum market scores are computed. Market metrics describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
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