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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 28,634, 9,679 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $274,473, Lake in the Hills real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Lake in the Hills, accounting for 73.89% of the village's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Lake in the Hills include row houses and other attached homes ( 17.32%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 5.80%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 2.21%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Lake in the Hills. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 81.97% of Lake in the Hills's homes, and 70.96% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Lake in the Hills 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 Lake in the Hills built between 2000 and later ( 24.83%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 9.82%).
Lake in the Hills's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Lake in the Hills during the period has been just 2.75%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Over the last year, Lake in the Hills appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Lake in the Hills's appreciation rate has been 4.97%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Lake in the Hills were at 1.88%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 7.75%.
Notably, Lake in the Hills's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Illinois, our data show that Lake in the Hills's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% 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 village. Individual neighborhoods within Lake in the Hills differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Lake in the Hills - 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 Lake in the Hills real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
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Very High for IL