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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 2,666 people, 1,973 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $302,065, Lewisburg real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Lewisburg, accounting for 43.56% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Lewisburg include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 30.15%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 20.94%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 5.36%).
Lewisburg is dominated by renter-occupied one, two, or no bedrooms apartments. 75.53% of Lewisburg's dwellings are rentals.
The housing in Lewisburg was primarily built before 1939 ( 49.71%), making the housing stock in Lewisburg some of the oldest overall in America, although there is a range of ages of homes in Lewisburg. The next most important housing age is between 1940-1969 ( 30.28%), followed by between 1970-1999 ( 17.97%). There's also some housing in Lewisburg built between 2000 and later ( 2.04%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Lewisburg. Fully 12.66% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Lewisburg homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Lewisburg 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.
Lewisburg's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Lewisburg during the period has been just 4.54%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Lewisburg appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Lewisburg's appreciation rate has been 4.06%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Lewisburg were at 0.00%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 0.00%.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Lewisburg's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$302,065
$1,233 / per month