At the opposite end, 50 zones had Q2 2019 medians of less than $50,000. They included areas of Philadelphia, PA; Baltimore, MD; Montgomery, AL; Duval County, FL and Jefferson County, AL.

"Opportunity Zones are among the poorest areas of the country, with some of the lowest home prices. This should come as no surprise because the zones are designed to be in or alongside economically distressed neighborhoods," says Todd Teta, chief product officer with ATTOM Data Solutions, in prepared remarks. "But the differences between these and other areas in most parts of the nation are stark. The numbers provide key benchmarks for how much room there is for these areas to grow and how much new investment they need."

The report also found that:

States with the highest percentage of census tracts meeting Opportunity Zone requirements include Wyoming (17%), Mississippi (15%), Alabama (13%), North Dakota (12%) and New Mexico (12%). Washington, DC, also is among the leaders (14%). Nationwide, 10% of all tracts qualify.

Among the 3,073 Opportunity Zones with sufficient data to analyze, California has the most, with 374, followed by Florida (317), Texas (164), Pennsylvania (154), North Carolina (145) and Tennessee (138).

Of the tracts analyzed, 47% had a median price in Q2 2019 of less than $150,000. The median ranged from $150,000 to $199,999 in 17%, from $200,000 up to the national median of $266,000 in 16% and more than $266,000 in 19%.

Within Opportunity Zones, 86% had median Q2 2019 sales prices that were less than the median sales price for the surrounding Metropolitan Statistical Area. Roughly 26% had median sales prices less than half the figure for the MSA. Only 14% had median sales prices that were equal to or above the median sales price in the MSA.

States that had the highest percentage of Opportunity Zone tracts with a median price less the half the MSA figure included Alabama (55%), Pennsylvania (53%), Illinois (51%), Ohio (47%) and Georgia (45%). States with the smallest percentages included Washington (1%), Nevada (3%), Oregon (4%) Colorado (4%) and Indiana (4%)

Regionally, the Midwest had the highest rate of Opportunity Zone tracts with a median home price of less than $150,000 (73%), followed by the South (57%), the Northeast (53%) and the West (13%).

The Midwest also had the highest percentage of Opportunity Zone tracts where the median price was less than that of surrounding MSAs (89%), followed by the Northeast (87%), the South (85%) and the West (85%).