Davenport appreciation rates and housing market information

Davenport housing market information

With 98,357 people, 41,359 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $125,800, house prices in Davenport are solidly below the national average.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Davenport, accounting for 65.65% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Davenport include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (17.51%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (10.93%), mobile homes or trailers (3.20%), and a few row houses and other attached homes (2.67%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Davenport. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 61.62% of Davenport's homes, and 51.41% 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. Davenport's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 37.32% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Davenport include homes built between 1970-1994 (29.83%), and housing constructed from 1939 and earlier (28.42%). There's also some housing in Davenport built between 1995 and later (4.43%).

Davenport home appreciation rates

Davenport's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Davenport during the period has been just 4.93%, which is lower than % of US communities.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Davenport home appreciation rates, at 2.68%, have been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Davenport's appreciation rate has been 0.83%, which annualizes to a rate of 3.32%.

Relative to Iowa, our data show that Davenport's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 29% of the other cities and towns in Iowa.

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