Pocatello appreciation rates and housing market information

Pocatello housing market information

With 51,565 people, 20,680 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $154,017, Pocatello real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Pocatello, accounting for 62.32% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Pocatello include duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (13.21%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (11.01%), mobile homes or trailers (8.79%), and a few row houses and other attached homes (4.64%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Pocatello. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 62.00% of Pocatello's homes, and 47.13% 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. Pocatello's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 41.89% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Pocatello include homes built between 1970-1994 (37.29%), and housing constructed from 1939 and earlier (13.86%). There's also some housing in Pocatello built between 1995 and later (6.96%).

Pocatello home appreciation rates

Real estate appreciation rates in Pocatello have tracked to near the national average over the last ten years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 6.77% during the period.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Pocatello home appreciation rates, at 1.99%, have been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Pocatello's appreciation rate has been 1.17%, which annualizes to a rate of 4.68%.

Relative to Idaho, our data show that Pocatello's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 69% 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 Pocatello differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Pocatello - 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 Pocatello real estate investment or home purchase decisions.