Juneau appreciation rates and housing market information

Juneau housing market information

With 30,711 people, 12,282 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $323,521, Juneau house prices are not only among the most expensive in Alaska, Juneau 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 Juneau, accounting for 44.62% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Juneau include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (18.40%), row houses and other attached homes (13.72%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (12.03%), and a few mobile homes or trailers (9.59%).

People in Juneau primarily live in small (one, two, or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Juneau has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.

There is a lot of housing in Juneau built from 1970-1994, 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 Juneau built from 1940-1969 (19.20%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1995 and later (10.67%), and some were built from 1939 and earlier (10.67%).

Juneau home appreciation rates

Juneau's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Juneau during the period has been just 5.52%, which is lower than % of US communities.

Over the last year, Juneau appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Juneau's appreciation rate has been -2.56%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Juneau were at -0.31%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -1.24%.

Relative to Alaska, our data show that Juneau's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 67% of the other cities and towns in Alaska.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the borough. Individual neighborhoods within Juneau differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Juneau - 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 1990, to assist you in making the best Juneau real estate investment or home purchase decisions.