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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 4,503, 1,252 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $158,434, the cost of homes in Fulton is among some of the lowest in the nation. Compared to Mississippi, however, Fulton real state is not on the lower end of the price spectrum.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Fulton, accounting for 77.66% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Fulton include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 11.85%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 6.22%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 4.27%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Fulton are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 53.93% owning and 46.07% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Fulton 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 Fulton built between 1940-1969 ( 31.80%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 20.21%). There's also some housing in Fulton built before 1939 ( 4.34%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Fulton. Fully 18.91% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Fulton homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Fulton real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Fulton's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Fulton during the period has been just 4.34%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Fulton appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Fulton's appreciation rate has been 2.87%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Fulton were at -1.39%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -5.43%.
Notably, Fulton's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Mississippi, our data show that Fulton's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 50% of the other cities and towns in Mississippi.
$158,434
for Mississippi
for nation
1,252
$1,257 / per month