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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 3,400, 1,395 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $344,921, Parker real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Parker, accounting for 73.79% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Parker include mobile homes or trailers ( 10.82%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 6.77%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 4.05%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Parker are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 59.62% owning and 40.38% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Parker 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 Parker built between 1940-1969 ( 22.23%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 10.48%).
In the last 10 years, Parker has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Parker real estate appreciated 157.92% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 9.94%, putting Parker in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Parker 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 Parker that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Parker real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Parker appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 10.06%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 86.44% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Parker. Parker appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 3.91%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 16.60%.
Relative to Arizona, our data show that Parker's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Arizona.
$344,921
for Arizona
for nation
1,395
$1,877 / per month