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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 a population of 6,823, 2,260 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $111,350, house prices in Holly Springs are some of the most affordable in Mississippi as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Holly Springs, accounting for 80.15% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Holly Springs include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 11.35%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.05%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 2.01%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Holly Springs are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 45.96% owning and 54.04% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Holly Springs 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 Holly Springs built between 1940-1969 ( 16.36%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 15.56%). There's also some housing in Holly Springs built before 1939 ( 13.89%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Holly Springs. Fully 14.23% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Holly Springs homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Holly Springs 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.
Holly Springs's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Holly Springs during the period has been just 5.67%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Over the last year, Holly Springs appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Holly Springs's appreciation rate has been 0.37%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Holly Springs were at 0.51%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 2.05%.
Notably, Holly Springs's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Mississippi, our data show that Holly Springs's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in Mississippi.
$111,350
for Mississippi
for nation
2,260
$1,244 / per month