Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
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 143,984 people, 50,990 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $216,997, house prices in Waco are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Waco, accounting for 59.09% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Waco include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 26.76%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 10.28%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.76%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Waco are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 43.85% owning and 56.15% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Waco 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 Waco built between 1940-1969 ( 35.53%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 22.82%). There's also some housing in Waco built before 1939 ( 5.90%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Waco. Fully 11.61% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Waco homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Waco 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.
In the last 10 years, Waco has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Waco real estate appreciated 121.30% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.27%, putting Waco in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Waco definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Waco's appreciation rate, at 4.54%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Waco's appreciation rate has been 2.49%, which annualizes to a rate of 10.34%.
Relative to Texas, our data show that Waco's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Texas.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Waco differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Waco - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Waco real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$216,997
for Texas
for nation
50,990
$1,629 / per month