Lawrence appreciation rates and housing market information

Lawrence housing market information

With 80,083 people, 32,792 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $185,737, Lawrence real estate is some of the most expensive in Kansas, although Lawrence home values aren't among America's most expensive.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Lawrence, accounting for 47.79% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Lawrence include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (24.44%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (15.30%), row houses and other attached homes (7.96%), and a few mobile homes or trailers (4.46%).

People in Lawrence primarily live in small (one, two, or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Lawrence has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.

There is a lot of housing in Lawrence 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 Lawrence built from 1940-1969 (24.82%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1995 and later (16.33%), and some were built from 1939 and earlier (16.33%).

Lawrence home appreciation rates

Lawrence's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Lawrence during the period has been just 6.21%, which is lower than % of US communities.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Lawrence home appreciation rates, at 0.38%, have been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Lawrence's appreciation rate has been 1.01%, which annualizes to a rate of 4.04%.

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

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