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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With a population of 19,926, 7,093 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $1,448,421, Orinda house prices are not only among the most expensive in California, Orinda real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Orinda is a city of large, single-family homes. In fact, there is a higher proportion of four, five or more bedroom homes in Orinda than is found in 98% of the communities in America.
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Orinda. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 89.47% of Orinda's homes, and 75.33% 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. Orinda's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 68.46% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Orinda include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 22.15%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 4.70%). There's also some housing in Orinda built between 2000 and later ( 4.69%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Orinda have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 43.11%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Orinda house appreciation rate of 3.65%.
Over the last year, Orinda appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Orinda's appreciation rate has been -1.25%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Orinda were at 0.01%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 0.04%.
Notably, Orinda's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to California, our data show that Orinda's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in California.
Value Range | |
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> $1,070,000 | 77.3 |
$803,001 - $1,070,000 | 12.6 |
$535,001 - $803,000 | 4.9 |
$428,001 - $535,000 | 2.1 |
$321,001 - $428,000 | 0.7 |
$214,001 - $321,000 | 0.3 |
$107,001 - $214,000 | 0.7 |
$53,001 - $107,000 | 0.2 |
$0 - $53,000 | 1.2 |
Value Relative to Nation | Value Relative to State |
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0.554744525547445 | 5.89777195281782 |
Homeownership | |
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Owners | 89.47 |
Renters | 10.53 |
Vacant | 4.19 |
AGE OF Orinda HOMES | |
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2000 or Newer | 4.7 |
1970 - 1999 | 22.2 |
1940 - 1969 | 68.5 |
1939 or Older | 4.7 |
TYPE OF Orinda HOMES | |
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Single-Family | 95.0 |
Townhomes | 1.3 |
Small Apt. Buildings | 0.3 |
Apt. Complexes | 2.8 |
Mobile Homes | 0.5 |
Other | 0.1 |
SIZE OF Orinda HOMES | |
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No Bedroom | 1.11 |
1 Bedroom | 3.04 |
2 Bedrooms | 6.11 |
3 Bedrooms | 34.40 |
4 Bedrooms | 40.93 |
5 or more bedrooms | 14.41 |