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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.
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With a population of 5,785, 2,794 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $194,192, house prices in Peoria Heights are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Peoria Heights, accounting for 77.10% of the village's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Peoria Heights include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 17.65%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 2.93%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.33%).
People in Peoria Heights primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Peoria Heights has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Peoria Heights's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 47.37% of the village's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Peoria Heights include homes built before 1939 ( 27.02%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 21.83%). There's also some housing in Peoria Heights built between 2000 and later ( 3.77%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Peoria Heights. Fully 12.11% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Peoria Heights homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Peoria Heights real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Peoria Heights, where house values have increased just 55.07%, which is annualized rate of 4.49%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Peoria Heights that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Peoria Heights real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Peoria Heights appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 10.69%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 90.05% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Peoria Heights. Peoria Heights appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at -0.67%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -2.66%.
Notably, Peoria Heights's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Illinois, our data show that Peoria Heights's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Illinois.
$194,192
for Illinois
for nation
2,794
$1,232 / per month