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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 57,856 people, 20,744 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $2,401,803, Cupertino house prices are not only among the most expensive in California, Cupertino 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 Cupertino, accounting for 56.11% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Cupertino include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 21.23%), row houses and other attached homes ( 14.20%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 8.33%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Cupertino are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 60.12% owning and 39.88% 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. Cupertino's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 44.01% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Cupertino include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 42.89%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 11.81%). There's also some housing in Cupertino built before 1939 ( 1.29%).
Homes have actually lost value in Cupertino over the last then years, as home values have seen a decline of 15.89% during the ten year period. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout appreciation rate data shows Cupertino home appreciation rates at 0.87%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 3.54%.
Over the last year, Cupertino appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Cupertino's appreciation rate has been 4.53%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Cupertino were at 0.87%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 3.54%.
Relative to California, our data show that Cupertino's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% 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 Cupertino differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Cupertino - 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 Cupertino real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$2,401,803
for California
for nation
20,744
$5,443 / per month