Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
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 24,935 people, 9,187 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $522,063, Simsbury real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Simsbury, accounting for 72.34% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Simsbury include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 13.53%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 9.07%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 4.95%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Simsbury. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 74.89% of Simsbury's homes, and 60.31% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Simsbury built from 1970 to 1999 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 Simsbury built between 1940-1969 ( 34.97%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 12.09%). There's also some housing in Simsbury built before 1939 ( 8.31%).
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Simsbury, where house values have increased just 53.98%, which is annualized rate of 4.41%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Simsbury's appreciation rate, at 11.50%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Simsbury's appreciation rate has been 2.97%, which annualizes to a rate of 12.43%.
Relative to Connecticut, our data show that Simsbury's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Connecticut.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Simsbury differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Simsbury - 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 2000, to assist you in making the best Simsbury real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$522,063
for Connecticut
for nation
9,187
$3,227 / per month