Rancho Cucamonga appreciation rates and housing market information

Rancho Cucamonga housing market information

With a population of 128,161, 42,229 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $348,281, real estate costs in Rancho Cucamonga 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 Rancho Cucamonga, accounting for 69.35% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Rancho Cucamonga include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (17.13%), row houses and other attached homes (6.01%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (4.26%), and a few mobile homes or trailers (3.21%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Rancho Cucamonga. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 68.23% of Rancho Cucamonga's homes, and 63.57% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

There is a lot of housing in Rancho Cucamonga 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 Rancho Cucamonga built from 1940-1969 (11.99%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1995 and later (8.19%), and some were built from 1939 and earlier (8.19%).

Rancho Cucamonga home appreciation rates

Real estate appreciation rates in Rancho Cucamonga have tracked to near the national average over the last ten years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 7.67% during the period.

Over the last year, Rancho Cucamonga appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Rancho Cucamonga's appreciation rate has been -28.35%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Rancho Cucamonga were at 0.85%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 3.40%.

Relative to California, our data show that Rancho Cucamonga's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 8% 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 Rancho Cucamonga differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Rancho Cucamonga - 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 Rancho Cucamonga real estate investment or home purchase decisions.