Wilton appreciation rates and housing market information

Wilton housing market information

With 17,633 people, 6,113 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $1,147,100, Wilton house prices are not only among the most expensive in Connecticut, Wilton 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 Wilton, accounting for 88.39% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Wilton include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (5.92%), row houses and other attached homes (3.89%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (1.80%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Wilton. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 87.81% of Wilton's homes, and 69.52% 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. Wilton's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 41.80% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Wilton include homes built between 1970-1994 (36.74%), and housing constructed from 1939 and earlier (15.42%). There's also some housing in Wilton built between 1995 and later (6.04%).

Wilton home appreciation rates

In the last 10 years, Wilton has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Wilton real estate appreciated 129.48% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 12.94%, putting Wilton in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Wilton 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, Wilton appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Wilton'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 Wilton were at -1.56%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -6.24%.

Relative to Connecticut, our data show that Wilton's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 72% of the other cities and towns in Connecticut.