Condos for Sale in Norton, OH

Just outside of Akron, Norton is a quiet rural environment where folks spend summer evenings at the drive-in theater and come together every fall for an apple cider festival. "You can live close to downtown and feel like you're near the city or live a little further out and feel like you live on a farm," says Laura Ross, a Keller Williams Elevate Realtor and longtime resident. While new housing developments have suburbanized the environment, the city of roughly 11,000 maintains a sense of small-town familiarity. "We're not a small place, but everybody still knows each other," Ross says. "It's always nice to go into the grocery store, find someone you know, and take the time to chat." The median single-family home price is roughly $245,000, below the national median but above Akron's median. Prices range from $140,000 for early 20th-century fixer-uppers to $340,000 for newly built homes. Common home types include ranch styles, Contemporary styles, bungalows and split-levels. Since the city is full of lakes and creeks, many of the houses are threatened by flooding during rainstorms. The Norton City School District has a B Niche rating and an 87% graduation rate. Its math and reading