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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 337,305 people, 127,507 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $606,170, Henderson house prices are not only among the most expensive in Nevada, Henderson real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Henderson, accounting for 69.35% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Henderson include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 17.10%), row houses and other attached homes ( 6.01%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.94%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Henderson. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 65.34% of Henderson's homes, and 59.27% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
Henderson homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 50.17% of Henderson's housing was built since 2000, making the city have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the Henderson real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 46.81%), and between 1940-1969 ( 2.73%).
In the last 10 years, Henderson has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Henderson real estate appreciated 129.74% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.67%, putting Henderson in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Henderson definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Henderson that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Henderson real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Henderson appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.47%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 94.37% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Henderson. Henderson appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 4.56%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 19.51%.
Importantly, NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive research found that Henderson'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 Nevada, our data show that Henderson's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in Nevada.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Henderson differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Henderson - 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 Henderson real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$606,170
for Nevada
for nation
127,507
$3,017 / per month