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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 a population of 50,010, 23,774 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $378,923, St. Louis Park real estate is some of the most expensive in Minnesota, although St. Louis Park home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in St. Louis Park, accounting for 48.83% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in St. Louis Park include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 43.25%), row houses and other attached homes ( 5.62%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 2.11%).
People in St. Louis Park primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. St. Louis Park has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
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. St. Louis Park's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 48.44% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in St. Louis Park include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 28.10%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 13.63%). There's also some housing in St. Louis Park built before 1939 ( 9.82%).
Appreciation rates for homes in St. Louis Park have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 75.17%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average St. Louis Park house appreciation rate of 5.77%.
Over the last year, St. Louis Park appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, St. Louis Park's appreciation rate has been 16.92%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in St. Louis Park were at 6.62%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 29.20%.
Relative to Minnesota, our data show that St. Louis Park's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Minnesota.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within St. Louis Park differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in St. Louis Park - 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 St. Louis Park real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
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Very High for MN