How Accurate is Zillow's Zestimate?

Modified on Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 2:43 PM

The Zestimate’s accuracy depends on location and availability of data in an area. Some counties have deeply detailed information on homes such as number of bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage and others do not. The more data available, the more accurate the Zestimate value.


Zillow's accuracy has a median error rate of 5%. This means half of the home values in the area are closer than the error percentage. For example, in Seattle, Zestimate values for half of the homes are within 5% of the selling price, and half are off by more than 5%.


To improve Zestimate accuracy, we allow homeowners to edit their home facts and then they incorporate this information into their Zestimate calculations.


Be aware that in some areas, they might not be able to produce a Zestimate at all, but they do have some basic information on the homes. The tables below show you where they have Zestimates and other home information.


Bay CountyTwo Stars110.8K89.2K45.0%64.7%76.7% 5.4%
Lee CountyFour Stars517.5K344.8K58.6%79.7%92.0% 3.8%
Clay CountyFour Stars88.3K75.8K64.5%80.1%87.8% 3.0%
Gulf CountyTwo Stars16.2K9.1K16.7%24.4%30.8%18.2%
Lake CountyThree Stars164.8K136.2K54.7%74.5%86.7% 4.2%
Leon CountyTwo Stars102.8K88.0K45.6%67.6%81.4% 5.3%
Levy CountyTwo Stars39.7K17.3K22.4%37.7%50.8%12.6%
Polk CountyThree Stars298.4K238.8K55.3%73.6%84.5% 4.2%
Baker CountyTwo Stars9.5K7.9K27.9%41.9%57.0% 5.8%
Dixie CountyTwo Stars14.6K8.0K18.4%23.7%32.9%14.3%
Duval CountyFour Stars360.7K326.1K61.0%77.7%86.3% 3.5%
Pasco CountyThree Stars265.6K236.1K55.8%75.0%85.4% 4.2%
Union CountyTwo Stars4.5K3.6K 2.2% 8.9%15.6%19.6%
Citrus CountyTwo Stars139.7K75.1K43.3%64.3%77.4% 5.8%
Glades CountyTwo Stars8.4K5.2K14.3%25.4%33.3% 9.4%
Hardee CountyTwo Stars9.7K7.2K11.5%15.4%25.0%15.6%
Hendry CountyTwo Stars30.3K10.8K21.5%31.1%45.2%14.8%
Holmes CountyTwo Stars10.0K6.2K 7.9%17.5%23.8%23.0%
Marion CountyThree Stars250.3K151.8K50.0%70.0%81.6% 4.7%
Martin CountyThree Stars77.8K71.4K46.7%68.5%84.6% 5.1%
Monroe CountyTwo Stars53.3K44.2K38.8%58.6%77.1% 6.0%
Nassau CountyThree Stars45.4K37.1K48.0%70.3%81.9% 4.4%
Orange CountyFour Stars449.1K399.9K62.6%80.6%90.8% 3.3%
Putnam CountyTwo Stars90.2K34.6K27.0%43.1%57.9%10.6%
Sumter CountyThree Stars72.1K64.6K46.5%71.1%85.4% 5.1%
Taylor CountyTwo Stars14.9K8.6K 8.2%12.3%27.4%21.9%
Walton CountyTwo Stars78.7K49.8K40.2%58.0%76.2% 6.6%
Alachua CountyThree Stars99.8K80.9K50.4%69.3%82.8% 4.7%
Brevard CountyThree Stars316.9K248.2K54.6%75.6%88.2% 4.3%
Broward CountyThree Stars751.0K710.0K53.8%75.2%89.2% 4.5%
Calhoun CountyTwo Stars8.2K4.3K 0.0% 4.5% 6.8%45.7%
Collier CountyThree Stars227.9K199.0K50.1%73.8%88.2% 4.9%
De Soto CountyTwo Stars13.5K9.3K28.2%38.8%47.1% 6.1%
Flagler CountyThree Stars75.9K50.0K47.9%71.6%87.2% 5.0%
Gadsden CountyTwo Stars22.3K15.8K18.3%18.3%21.7%22.4%
Jackson CountyTwo Stars28.1K13.9K 7.1%12.5%23.2%17.6%
Liberty CountyTwo Stars3.6K2.4K 2.6% 2.6% 5.1%41.8%
Madison CountyTwo Stars10.0K6.0K 8.6%13.8%25.9%14.6%
Manatee CountyFour Stars186.3K161.4K57.9%76.6%87.6% 3.9%
Osceola CountyFour Stars159.8K126.4K63.1%82.0%90.9% 3.5%
Volusia CountyThree Stars267.2K219.4K54.8%74.9%86.8% 4.2%
Wakulla CountyTwo Stars22.0K12.9K25.7%42.9%55.2% 7.3%
Bradford CountyTwo Stars12.8K9.2K21.7%41.5%51.9% 8.1%
Columbia CountyTwo Stars30.5K22.9K29.6%52.9%60.3% 7.1%
Escambia CountyTwo Stars140.3K119.4K46.7%67.6%81.2% 5.3%
Franklin CountyTwo Stars16.9K7.8K10.0%23.3%33.3%10.1%
Hamilton CountyTwo Stars9.1K4.1K 5.2%10.3%20.7%22.9%
Hernando CountyThree Stars111.6K82.2K49.5%69.4%83.2% 4.8%
Okaloosa CountyThree Stars99.9K86.4K52.7%74.1%85.9% 4.2%
Pinellas CountyThree Stars431.0K389.1K53.8%74.7%88.5% 4.4%
Sarasota CountyFour Stars290.3K230.2K57.0%76.3%87.8% 3.9%
Seminole CountyFour Stars167.3K151.4K64.8%82.9%91.4% 3.1%
Suwannee CountyTwo Stars26.9K15.0K22.1%33.8%51.0%11.7%
Charlotte CountyThree Stars198.2K99.3K49.7%71.8%85.8% 4.9%
Gilchrist CountyTwo Stars10.2K5.8K22.9%31.3%43.4% 8.9%
Highlands CountyTwo Stars104.3K44.2K39.0%58.5%73.1% 6.9%
Jefferson CountyTwo Stars7.8K5.3K10.2%12.2%24.5%11.8%
Lafayette CountyTwo Stars4.5K2.8K 0.0% 4.9% 7.3%33.8%
Miami-Dade CountyThree Stars924.2K846.2K53.8%74.5%88.4% 4.4%
Okeechobee CountyTwo Stars28.4K14.5K22.8%31.7%48.0%12.0%
Palm Beach CountyThree Stars634.3K602.0K52.7%74.0%88.3% 4.6%
Santa Rosa CountyFour Stars89.3K66.2K57.9%75.1%83.9% 3.6%
Washington CountyTwo Stars38.3K9.2K17.8%26.0%42.5%11.4%
Saint Johns CountyFour Stars125.4K105.8K58.5%78.1%89.5% 3.9%
Saint Lucie CountyFour Stars158.4K126.9K57.7%78.4%89.3% 3.7%
Hillsborough CountyFour Stars482.3K433.0K61.0%79.7%89.8% 3.6%
Indian River CountyTwo Stars86.3K71.1K45.8%67.9%84.1% 5.4%

Zestimate Accuracy/Star Rating:
This rating is tied to the Median Error in an area.
The ratings are as follows: 
  • Four Stars = Best Zestimate
  • Three Stars = Good Zestimate
  • Two Stars = Fair Zestimate
  • One Star = Tax assessor's value, or unable to compute Zestimate accuracy
  • 0 stars = No valuation
Homes on Zillow:
This indicates the percentage of homes for which they have data (e.g., number of bedrooms or bathrooms) in a particular locale. These are the homes you can find via maps or search on Zillow.com.
Homes With Zestimates:
They can only calculate Zestimates for homes where we have certain data, including transactions. This column indicates the percentage of homes in an area with Zestimates.
Within 5% of Sale Price:
This is the percentage of transactions in a location for which the Zestimate was within 5% of the transaction price. For example, in the Portland area, 61.7% of the time the Zestimate was within 5% of the selling price.
Within 10% of Sale Price:
This is the percentage of transactions in a location for which the Zestimate was within 10% of the transaction price.
Within 20% of Sale Price:
This is the percentage of transactions in a location for which the Zestimate was within 20% of the transaction price.
Median Error:
Half of the Zestimates in an area were closer than the error percentage and half were farther off. For example, in Seattle, Zestimates for half of the homes are within 4.8% of the selling price, and half are off by more than 4.8%.

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