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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 26,848 people, 10,959 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $336,421, Troy real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Troy, accounting for 71.81% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Troy include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 12.97%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 10.70%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 4.53%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Troy are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 64.78% owning and 35.22% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Troy 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 Troy built between 1940-1969 ( 28.96%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 22.28%). There's also some housing in Troy built before 1939 ( 16.35%).
In the last 10 years, Troy has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Troy real estate appreciated 125.84% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.49%, putting Troy in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Troy 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 Troy that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Troy real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Troy appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 9.36%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 73.56% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Troy. Troy appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 1.43%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 5.84%.
Relative to Ohio, our data show that Troy's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Ohio.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Troy differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Troy - 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 Troy real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$336,421
for Ohio
for nation
10,959
$1,252 / per month