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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 13,385 people, 4,021 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $208,542, house prices in Henderson are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Henderson, accounting for 78.89% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Henderson include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 11.21%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 7.84%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 1.81%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Henderson are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 51.44% owning and 48.56% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Henderson 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 Henderson built between 1940-1969 ( 36.95%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 10.98%). There's also some housing in Henderson built before 1939 ( 6.51%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Henderson. Fully 16.39% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Henderson homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Henderson 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.
Real estate appreciation rates in Henderson's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 5.93% during the period.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Henderson's appreciation rate, at 7.06%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Henderson's appreciation rate has been 3.90%, which annualizes to a rate of 16.54%.
Importantly, this makes Henderson one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Texas, our data show that Henderson's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in Texas.
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.
$208,542
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for nation
4,021
$1,638 / per month