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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 1,220, 335 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $98,066, house prices in Pamplico are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Pamplico, accounting for 72.11% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Pamplico include mobile homes or trailers ( 16.55%), row houses and other attached homes ( 5.90%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 4.31%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Pamplico are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 62.11% owning and 37.89% renting.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Pamplico's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 48.30% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Pamplico include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 39.00%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 7.26%). There's also some housing in Pamplico built before 1939 ( 5.44%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Pamplico. Fully 24.04% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Pamplico homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Pamplico 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.
Real estate appreciation rates in Pamplico's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 1.99% during the period.
Over the last year, Pamplico appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Pamplico's appreciation rate has been 1.40%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Pamplico were at 2.79%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 11.63%.
Importantly, this makes Pamplico one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the town's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to South Carolina, our data show that Pamplico's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in South Carolina.
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