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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 19,483 people, 7,252 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $1,563,969, 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 93.83% of Orinda's homes, and 75.06% 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 65.84% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Orinda include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 21.82%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 6.17%). There's also some housing in Orinda built before 1939 ( 6.17%).
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Orinda, where house values have increased just 37.00%, which is annualized rate of 3.20%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
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 4.63%, 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 -6.98%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -25.14%.
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 80% of the other cities and towns in California.
$1,563,969
for California
for nation
7,252
$5,133 / per month