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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 854 people, 349 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $142,579, the cost of homes in Mathiston is among some of the lowest in the nation. Compared to Mississippi, however, Mathiston real state is not on the lower end of the price spectrum.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Mathiston, accounting for 80.31% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Mathiston include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 7.77%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 6.48%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 5.44%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Mathiston. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 72.46% of Mathiston's homes, and 65.80% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Mathiston 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 Mathiston built before 1939 ( 23.58%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 18.65%). There's also some housing in Mathiston built between 2000 and later ( 11.40%).
Mathiston's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Mathiston during the period has been just 5.29%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Over the last year, Mathiston appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Mathiston'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 Mathiston were at -1.39%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -5.43%.
Notably, Mathiston's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Mississippi, our data show that Mathiston's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in Mississippi.
$142,579
for Mississippi
for nation
349
$984 / per month