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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 3,908 people, 1,474 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $165,291, house prices in Barnesville are some of the most affordable in Ohio as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Barnesville, accounting for 66.44% of the village's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Barnesville include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 16.93%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 9.53%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 4.39%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Barnesville are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The village has a mixture of owners and renters, with 57.59% owning and 42.41% renting.
The housing in Barnesville was primarily built before 1939 ( 38.94%), making the housing stock in Barnesville some of the oldest overall in America, although there is a range of ages of homes in Barnesville. The next most important housing age is between 1940-1969 ( 23.63%), followed by between 1970-1999 ( 23.51%). There's also some housing in Barnesville built between 2000 and later ( 13.92%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Barnesville. Fully 14.85% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Barnesville homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Barnesville 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.
Barnesville's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Barnesville during the period has been just 4.84%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Barnesville that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Barnesville real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Barnesville appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 11.02%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 90.28% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Barnesville. Barnesville appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 3.34%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 14.03%.
Importantly, this makes Barnesville one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the village's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Ohio, our data show that Barnesville's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Ohio.
$165,291
for Ohio
for nation
1,474
$802 / per month