West Sacramento appreciation rates and housing market information

West Sacramento housing market information

With a population of 31,604, 12,124 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $190,838, West Sacramento real estate values are some of the lowest in California, although compared to real estate around the nation, West Sacramento homes are still considered rather expensive.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in West Sacramento, accounting for 55.30% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in West Sacramento include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (17.23%), mobile homes or trailers (11.54%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (7.63%), and a few row houses and other attached homes (7.23%).

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

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. West Sacramento's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 55.07% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in West Sacramento include homes built between 1970-1994 (34.83%), and housing constructed from 1939 and earlier (6.34%). There's also some housing in West Sacramento built between 1995 and later (3.76%).

West Sacramento home appreciation rates

Appreciation rates for homes in West Sacramento have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 91.81%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average West Sacramento house appreciation rate of 9.18%.

Over the last year, West Sacramento appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, West Sacramento's appreciation rate has been -14.08%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in West Sacramento were at 2.22%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 8.88%.

Importantly, this makes West Sacramento one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.

Relative to California, our data show that West Sacramento's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 59% 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 West Sacramento differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in West Sacramento - 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 West Sacramento real estate investment or home purchase decisions.