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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.
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With a population of 20,926, 8,410 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $810,484, Mill Creek house prices are not only among the most expensive in Washington, Mill Creek 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 Mill Creek, accounting for 50.36% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Mill Creek include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 37.01%), row houses and other attached homes ( 9.75%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 2.58%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Mill Creek are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 55.84% owning and 44.16% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Mill Creek 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 Mill Creek built between 2000 and later ( 34.28%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 2.53%).
In the last 10 years, Mill Creek has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Mill Creek real estate appreciated 144.79% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 9.37%, putting Mill Creek in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Mill Creek definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Mill Creek that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Mill Creek real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Mill Creek appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 22.62%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 84.10% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Mill Creek. Mill Creek appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 7.31%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 32.60%.
Relative to Washington, our data show that Mill Creek's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Washington.
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