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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 11,487, 4,086 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $356,499, Sussex real estate is some of the most expensive in Wisconsin, although Sussex home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Sussex, accounting for 63.71% of the village's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Sussex include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 26.59%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.92%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 4.78%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Sussex. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 69.07% of Sussex's homes, and 61.89% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Sussex 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 Sussex built between 2000 and later ( 20.47%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 14.65%). There's also some housing in Sussex built before 1939 ( 4.33%).
Sussex's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Sussex during the period has been just 3.85%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Over the last year, Sussex appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Sussex's appreciation rate has been 16.67%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Sussex were at 6.39%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 28.13%.
Relative to Wisconsin, our data show that Sussex's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Wisconsin.
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