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 39,509 people, 15,333 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $863,742, Issaquah house prices are not only among the most expensive in Washington, Issaquah real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Issaquah, accounting for 38.18% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Issaquah include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 37.57%), row houses and other attached homes ( 16.32%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 7.75%).
People in Issaquah primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Issaquah has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
Issaquah homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 51.91% of Issaquah's housing was built since 2000, making the city have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the Issaquah real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 36.89%), and between 1940-1969 ( 9.29%). There's also some housing in Issaquah built before 1939 ( 1.91%).
In the last 10 years, Issaquah has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Issaquah real estate appreciated 84.18% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 6.30%, putting Issaquah in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Issaquah 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, Issaquah's appreciation rate, at 3.96%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Issaquah's appreciation rate has been 2.15%, which annualizes to a rate of 8.87%.
Importantly, this makes Issaquah one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Washington, our data show that Issaquah's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in Washington.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Issaquah differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Issaquah - 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 Issaquah real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
Value Range | |
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> $1,290,000 | 17.0 |
$968,001 - $1,290,000 | 20.9 |
$645,001 - $968,000 | 26.3 |
$516,001 - $645,000 | 12.2 |
$387,001 - $516,000 | 10.6 |
$258,001 - $387,000 | 7.6 |
$129,001 - $258,000 | 4.3 |
$64,001 - $129,000 | 0.0 |
$0 - $64,000 | 1.1 |
Value Relative to Nation | Value Relative to State |
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1.96788321167883 | 3.18021201413428 |
Homeownership | |
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Owners | 58.93 |
Renters | 41.07 |
Vacant | 4.25 |
AGE OF Issaquah HOMES | |
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2000 or Newer | 51.9 |
1970 - 1999 | 36.9 |
1940 - 1969 | 9.3 |
1939 or Older | 1.9 |
TYPE OF Issaquah HOMES | |
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Single-Family | 38.2 |
Townhomes | 16.3 |
Small Apt. Buildings | 7.7 |
Apt. Complexes | 37.6 |
Mobile Homes | 0.2 |
Other | 0.0 |
SIZE OF Issaquah HOMES | |
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No Bedroom | 1.39 |
1 Bedroom | 11.72 |
2 Bedrooms | 35.71 |
3 Bedrooms | 28.21 |
4 Bedrooms | 17.92 |
5 or more bedrooms | 5.05 |