Thornton appreciation rates and housing market information

Thornton housing market information

With a population of 82,433, 29,481 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $236,500, Thornton real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Thornton, accounting for 61.62% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Thornton include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (17.12%), mobile homes or trailers (10.40%), row houses and other attached homes (7.63%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (3.21%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Thornton. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 76.22% of Thornton's homes, and 63.35% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

There is a lot of housing in Thornton 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 Thornton built from 1995 and later (26.72%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1940-1969 (15.15%), and some were built from 1939 and earlier (15.15%).

Thornton home appreciation rates

Real estate appreciation rates in Thornton have tracked to near the national average over the last ten years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 7.30% during the period.

Over the last year, Thornton appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Thornton's appreciation rate has been 1.16%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Thornton were at -0.02%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -0.08%.

Relative to Colorado, our data show that Thornton's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 24% of the other cities and towns in Colorado.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Thornton differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Thornton - 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 Thornton real estate investment or home purchase decisions.