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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 a population of 10,167, 2,547 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $78,310, house prices in Raymondville are some of the most affordable in Texas as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Raymondville, accounting for 77.61% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Raymondville include mobile homes or trailers ( 14.71%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 3.70%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 3.17%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Raymondville are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 55.82% owning and 44.18% renting.
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. Raymondville's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 43.56% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Raymondville include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 37.94%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 16.21%). There's also some housing in Raymondville built before 1939 ( 2.29%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Raymondville. Fully 20.13% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Raymondville homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Raymondville 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.
Raymondville's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Raymondville during the period has been just 5.68%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Over the last year, Raymondville appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Raymondville's appreciation rate has been 4.54%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Raymondville were at 1.51%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 6.17%.
Relative to Texas, our data show that Raymondville's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Texas.
$78,310
for Texas
for nation
2,547
$1,390 / per month