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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 133,306, 51,407 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $338,180, Sterling Heights real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Sterling Heights, accounting for 67.50% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Sterling Heights include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 16.85%), row houses and other attached homes ( 8.74%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.07%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Sterling Heights. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 75.89% of Sterling Heights's homes, and 66.72% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Sterling Heights 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 Sterling Heights built between 1940-1969 ( 28.59%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 14.28%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Sterling Heights have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 95.78%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Sterling Heights house appreciation rate of 6.95%.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Sterling Heights that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Sterling Heights real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Sterling Heights appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 9.66%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 77.02% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Sterling Heights. Sterling Heights appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 1.46%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 5.96%.
Relative to Michigan, our data show that Sterling Heights's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Michigan.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Sterling Heights differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Sterling Heights - 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 Sterling Heights real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$338,180
for Michigan
for nation
51,407
$2,101 / per month