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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.
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With 67,139 people, 26,439 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $655,784, Rockville house prices are not only among the most expensive in Maryland, Rockville real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Rockville, accounting for 41.21% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Rockville include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 41.13%), row houses and other attached homes ( 15.58%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 1.91%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Rockville are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 54.22% owning and 45.78% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Rockville 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 Rockville built between 1940-1969 ( 32.97%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 29.41%). There's also some housing in Rockville built before 1939 ( 2.69%).
Rockville's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Rockville during the period has been just 4.05%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Rockville appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Rockville's appreciation rate has been 8.51%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Rockville were at 2.55%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 10.62%.
Notably, Rockville's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Maryland, our data show that Rockville's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Maryland.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Rockville differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Rockville - 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 Rockville real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
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