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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 2,052, 750 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $306,607, Cave Junction real estate values are some of the lowest in Oregon, although compared to real estate around the nation, Cave Junction homes are still considered rather expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Cave Junction, accounting for 66.84% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Cave Junction include mobile homes or trailers ( 19.75%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 6.04%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 4.50%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Cave Junction. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 69.17% of Cave Junction's homes, and 59.77% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Cave Junction 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 Cave Junction built between 2000 and later ( 42.68%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 11.05%). There's also some housing in Cave Junction built before 1939 ( 1.94%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Cave Junction. Fully 23.23% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Cave Junction homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Cave Junction 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.
Cave Junction's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Cave Junction during the period has been just 5.33%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Cave Junction appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Cave Junction's appreciation rate has been -0.22%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Cave Junction were at -1.12%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -4.39%.
Notably, Cave Junction's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Oregon, our data show that Cave Junction's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in Oregon.
$306,607
for Oregon
for nation
750
$1,512 / per month