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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 31,685 people, 13,017 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $547,006, Juneau real estate is some of the most expensive in Alaska, although Juneau home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Juneau, accounting for 45.23% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Juneau include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 21.64%), row houses and other attached homes ( 14.37%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 10.85%).
People in Juneau primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Juneau has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
There is a lot of housing in Juneau built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Juneau built between 2000 and later ( 17.08%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 14.55%). There's also some housing in Juneau built before 1939 ( 7.16%).
Juneau's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Juneau during the period has been just 4.79%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Juneau appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Juneau's appreciation rate has been 4.54%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Juneau were at 9.08%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 41.56%.
Importantly, NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive research found that Juneau's housing market shows one of the <a href="/blog/highest-appreciating-cities">top real estate appreciation rates in the U.S.A.</a> in the latest quarter, which may signal the city’s near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Alaska, our data show that Juneau's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Alaska.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Juneau differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Juneau - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Juneau real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$547,006
for Alaska
for nation
13,017
$2,419 / per month