Fountain appreciation rates and housing market information

Fountain housing market information

With 15,133 people, 5,202 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $185,418, Fountain real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Fountain, accounting for 73.03% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Fountain include duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (8.34%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (8.15%), mobile homes or trailers (8.00%), and a few row houses and other attached homes (2.27%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Fountain. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 67.51% of Fountain's homes, and 65.59% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

There is a lot of housing in Fountain 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 Fountain built from 1995 and later (20.91%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1940-1969 (19.59%), and some were built from 1939 and earlier (19.59%).

Fountain home appreciation rates

Fountain's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Fountain during the period has been just 5.63%, which is lower than % of US communities.

Over the last year, Fountain appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Fountain's appreciation rate has been -1.05%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Fountain were at 0.37%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 1.48%.

Relative to Colorado, our data show that Fountain's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 15% of the other cities and towns in Colorado.