Toledo’s housing market and employment situation are improving, says Cleveland Fed economist Joel Elvery

Economic growth in the Toledo metro area has been strong during the past year, according to Joel Elvery, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. “This is partially due to the metro area’s concentration of auto and glass manufacturing, industries that grew more strongly in 2016 than manufacturing as a whole,” says Elvery. Writing in the Bank’s Metro Mix, Elvery notes that Toledo also had strong employment growth in financial activities and professional and business services.

Elvery says the region’s solid employment growth since mid-2014 is also reflected in its housing market, where prices are rising almost as fast as in the nation. He notes that, between March 2016 and March 2017, the median home value in the Toledo metro area rose 6.6 percent, to $108,400.

For more of Elvery’s insights on economic conditions in the Toledo area, see our latest Toledo Metro Mix.

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