Gadsden appreciation rates and housing market information

Gadsden housing market information

With 38,836 people, 18,788 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $83,565, house prices in Gadsden are some of the most affordable in Alabama as well as the nation.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Gadsden, accounting for 76.70% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Gadsden include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (9.37%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (8.39%), mobile homes or trailers (3.38%), and a few row houses and other attached homes (2.05%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Gadsden are three and four bedroom single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 55.33% owning, and 31.92% 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. Gadsden's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 60.66% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Gadsden include homes built between 1970-1994 (19.93%), and housing constructed from 1939 and earlier (16.93%). There's also some housing in Gadsden built between 1995 and later (2.48%).

Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Gadsden. Fully 12.75% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Gadsden homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Gadsden 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.

Gadsden home appreciation rates

Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Gadsden, where house values have increased just 35.30%, which is an average annual increase of 3.53%. NeighborhoodScout's data show that in the latest quarter, Gadsden house values appreciated -2.32%, which is an annualized rate of -9.28%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.

Over the last year, Gadsden appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Gadsden's appreciation rate has been -1.40%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Gadsden were at -2.32%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -9.28%.

Notably, Gadsden's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.

Relative to Alabama, our data show that Gadsden's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 5% of the other cities and towns in Alabama.

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