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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 16,576, 4,854 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $359,107, Harrisburg real estate is some of the most expensive in North Carolina, although Harrisburg home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Harrisburg is a town of large, single-family homes. In fact, there is a higher proportion of four, five or more bedroom homes in Harrisburg than is found in 98% of the communities in America.
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Harrisburg. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 84.28% of Harrisburg's homes, and 66.41% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
Harrisburg homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 68.46% of Harrisburg's housing was built since 2000, making the town have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the Harrisburg real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 26.43%), and between 1940-1969 ( 4.47%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Harrisburg have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 30.22%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Harrisburg house appreciation rate of 2.68%.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Harrisburg that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Harrisburg real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Harrisburg appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 5.09%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 73.23% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Harrisburg. Harrisburg appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 1.53%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 6.26%.
Relative to North Carolina, our data show that Harrisburg's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in North Carolina.
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