Bathroom Remodel Cost in Akron, OH
A bathroom remodel in the Akron metro prices against an all-items regional cost level of 93.37, where 100 is the national average. That index is a general proxy, not a construction one — the local trade rates below are the sharper signal. Check what needs a permit and who may pull it and the area overview.
What an average can't tell you
A market-average range compresses very different projects into one number, and most of what sets your price is invisible to it. It cannot tell you which scope tier your project belongs to — a cosmetic refresh, a partial remodel, and a full gut renovation are priced from different baselines whose midpoints sit far apart — and it does not know your bathroom’s square footage, which moves every one of those baselines.
It also cannot see whether any plumbing is being relocated, the finish level you would actually choose, or the age of your house — homes from different construction eras tend to conceal different problems, and those surface once the walls are open. Even within one metro, labor pricing shifts from ZIP code to ZIP code in ways a single average flattens out.
Those are answerable questions, and they are exactly the estimator’s inputs. It starts from sourced national cost data and recomputes the range for your scope, size, plumbing, and finishes — the factually correct next step after any market average.
Key numbers for Akron
What makes Akron different
Home values sit well below the national median ($213,000 versus $332,700) — over-improving for the neighborhood is the main budget risk here.
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Overall price levels sit below the national average here (index 93.4 against the national 100), which nudges the whole budget down relative to identical work elsewhere.
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The typical home here is meaningfully older than the national norm — median year built 1969 against 1980 nationwide — so allow contingency for what demolition uncovers behind the walls.
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Household incomes trail the national median ($72,371 against $80,734), so competitive bidding tilts toward value-focused scopes here.
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Where this area pulls your budget: Budget and resale headroom · Overall price level · Housing age and what it hides
6 of 10 national comparison dimensions are available for this area so far; coverage grows as research deepens.
Figures below are drawn from public sources and linked individually. Ranges are estimates, not quotes: what a specific job costs depends on what is found once the walls are open.
Old houses, and what they hide behind the tile
Akron's housing is old — 18.3% of it predates 1940 and the median home was built in 1969. In a bathroom that matters more than it does anywhere else in the house, because what is behind the tile is not knowable until the tile is off: galvanised supply lines, ungrounded circuits, and plaster rather than board.
Trade rates here sit near the national mean, so the number that moves an Akron quote is not the hourly rate. It is the probability that opening one wall turns a cosmetic refresh into a plumbing and electrical job. A bid with no allowance for that is quoting a different house.
The local contractor market
No contractor records were researched for this metro in this wave, so nothing about local providers is claimed on its pages.
What drives cost in Akron
- Basis of the regional price parity index SOURCED
- BEA Regional Price Parity (all-items cost-of-living index; 100 = national average), not a construction-specific index. Akron, OH Metro Area scored 93.37 in 2024, the latest observation. Applied only as a labelled general-cost proxy. fred.stlouisfed.org
- Local plumber hourly rate SOURCED
- $33.22/hour mean for plumbers and pipefitters (SOC 47-2152) in this metro (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics; annual mean $69,090). That is 4% below the national mean of $34.70/hour. Labour is the larger half of this job, so the gap moves the installed price more than material choice does. bls.gov
- Local electrician hourly rate SOURCED
- $38.33/hour mean for electricians (SOC 47-2111) in this metro (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics; annual mean $79,720). That is 12% above the national mean of $34.37/hour. Labour is the larger half of this job, so the gap moves the installed price more than material choice does. bls.gov
- Local tile installer hourly rate SOURCED
- $24.53/hour mean for tile and stone setters (SOC 47-2044) in this metro (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics; annual mean $51,030). That is 14% below the national mean of $28.49/hour. Labour is the larger half of this job, so the gap moves the installed price more than material choice does. bls.gov
What the local housing stock means for your budget
- Dominant era of housing stock SOURCED
- 1939 or earlier is the largest single vintage bucket at 18.3% of the metro's 319,249 housing units; 38.9% predate 1960 and 5.9% were built in 2000 or later (ACS 2024 5-year, table B25034). api.censusreporter.org
- Prevailing housing structure type SOURCED
- Single-family detached, 70.0% of the metro's 319,249 units (223,337); 2.0% are mobile homes (ACS 2024 5-year, table B25024). api.censusreporter.org
Estimate your Akron project
Akron answers to common questions
- How much does a bathroom remodel cost in the Akron area?
- A full primary-bathroom remodel in the Akron metro typically runs about $17,670-$65,360. The metro's all-items price level sits below the national average, so the local range lands under the national baseline.ESTIMATE
National full-remodel baseline ($18,920-$70,000) adjusted by the Akron BEA all-items regional price parity index (93.37). An all-items index is a general cost-of-living proxy, not a construction-specific one.