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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 51,221 people, 19,300 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $808,294, real estate costs in Aliso Viejo are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive California communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Aliso Viejo, accounting for 35.39% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Aliso Viejo include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 33.34%), row houses and other attached homes ( 26.07%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.30%).
People in Aliso Viejo primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Aliso Viejo has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
There is a lot of housing in Aliso Viejo 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 Aliso Viejo built between 2000 and later ( 21.60%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 1.61%).
Aliso Viejo's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Aliso Viejo during the period has been just 4.14%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Aliso Viejo appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Aliso Viejo's appreciation rate has been 2.87%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Aliso Viejo were at 0.15%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 0.59%.
Relative to California, our data show that Aliso Viejo's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in California.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Aliso Viejo differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Aliso Viejo - 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 Aliso Viejo real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$808,294
for California
for nation
19,300
$4,286 / per month