Median home prices rose year-over-year in 46.3 percent of opportunity zone census tracts, compared with 49.8 percent of tracts outside the zones, according to a new report from ATTOM, a property data, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered intelligence and real estate analytics solutions provider.
The second quarter 2026 report analyzed qualified low-income opportunity zones targeted by Congress for economic redevelopment in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. ATTOM looked at 4,183 census tracts in opportunity zones around the United States that had at least five home sales in the second quarter of the year.
The analysis found that in the first and second quarters of 2026, median single-family home and condo prices rose quarter-over-quarter in 51.8 percent (1,626) of the 3,141 opportunity zone census tracts. Outside of designated opportunity zones, however, median home prices rose year-over-year in 49.8 percent (28,115) of the 56,432 census tracts, meaning home value grow
