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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 19,645 people, 7,883 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $839,236, Huntington house prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, Huntington 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 Huntington, accounting for 82.31% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Huntington include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 11.30%), row houses and other attached homes ( 4.07%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 2.26%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Huntington. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 82.91% of Huntington's homes, and 66.72% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
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. Huntington's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 53.34% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Huntington include homes built before 1939 ( 23.74%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 15.88%). There's also some housing in Huntington built between 2000 and later ( 7.05%).
Huntington's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Huntington during the period has been just 4.43%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Huntington's appreciation rate, at 4.85%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Huntington's appreciation rate has been 0.41%, which annualizes to a rate of 1.66%.
Relative to New York, our data show that Huntington's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in New York.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Huntington differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Huntington - 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 Huntington real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$839,236
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$4,221 / per month