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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 12,929, 6,071 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $135,128, house prices in West Carrollton are some of the most affordable in Ohio as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in West Carrollton, accounting for 52.10% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in West Carrollton include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 23.60%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 12.54%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 8.00%).
The most prevalent building size and type in West Carrollton are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 59.16% owning and 40.84% renting.
There is a lot of housing in West Carrollton 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 West Carrollton built between 1940-1969 ( 33.09%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 9.35%). There's also some housing in West Carrollton built between 2000 and later ( 2.26%).
Appreciation rates for homes in West Carrollton have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 89.96%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average West Carrollton house appreciation rate of 6.63%.
Over the last year, West Carrollton appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, West Carrollton's appreciation rate has been 2.28%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in West Carrollton were at 2.95%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 12.32%.
Relative to Ohio, our data show that West Carrollton's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% 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 West Carrollton differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in West Carrollton - 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 West Carrollton real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$135,128
for Ohio
for nation
6,071
$1,498 / per month