Westport appreciation rates and housing market information

Westport housing market information

With 25,749 people, 10,065 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $1,284,100, Westport house prices are not only among the most expensive in Connecticut, Westport 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 Westport, accounting for 86.98% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Westport include duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (5.27%), row houses and other attached homes (4.05%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (2.89%), and a few mobile homes or trailers (0.80%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Westport. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 81.56% of Westport's homes, and 64.25% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

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. Westport's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 52.38% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Westport include homes built between 1939 and earlier (23.33%), and housing constructed from 1970-1994 (20.25%). There's also some housing in Westport built between 1995 and later (4.04%).

Westport home appreciation rates

In the last 10 years, Westport has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Westport real estate appreciated 136.78% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 13.67%, putting Westport in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Westport definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.

Over the last year, Westport appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Westport's appreciation rate has been 0.36%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Westport were at -1.38%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -5.52%.

Relative to Connecticut, our data show that Westport's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 91% of the other cities and towns in Connecticut.

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