Caldwell appreciation rates and housing market information

Caldwell housing market information

With 25,720 people, 9,695 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $168,300, Caldwell real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Caldwell, accounting for 66.45% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Caldwell include mobile homes or trailers (11.88%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (9.91%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (8.34%), and a few row houses and other attached homes (2.92%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Caldwell. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 60.65% of Caldwell's homes, and 53.68% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

There is a lot of housing in Caldwell 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 Caldwell built from 1940-1969 (32.11%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1995 and later (17.36%), and some were built from 1939 and earlier (17.36%).

Caldwell home appreciation rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Caldwell have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 99.10%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Caldwell house appreciation rate of 9.91%.

Over the last year, Caldwell appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Caldwell's appreciation rate has been -1.83%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Caldwell were at -1.80%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -7.20%.

Relative to Idaho, our data show that Caldwell's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 5% of the other cities and towns in Idaho.

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