Edwardsville appreciation rates and housing market information

Edwardsville housing market information

With a population of 20,874, 8,453 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $174,912, Edwardsville real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Edwardsville, accounting for 76.80% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Edwardsville include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (12.17%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (7.57%), and a few row houses and other attached homes (3.02%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Edwardsville. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 67.29% of Edwardsville's homes, and 52.61% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

There is a lot of housing in Edwardsville 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 Edwardsville built from 1940-1969 (31.33%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1939 and earlier (22.21%), and some were built from 1995 and later (22.21%).

Edwardsville home appreciation rates

Real estate appreciation rates in Edwardsville have tracked to near the national average over the last ten years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 7.26% during the period.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Edwardsville home appreciation rates, at 0.19%, have been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Edwardsville's appreciation rate has been 0.30%, which annualizes to a rate of 1.20%.

Relative to Illinois, our data show that Edwardsville's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 44% of the other cities and towns in Illinois.

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