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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 24,122 people, 6,358 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $772,527, real estate costs in Maywood are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive California communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Maywood, accounting for 52.03% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Maywood include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 17.72%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 17.23%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 13.02%).
Maywood is dominated by renter-occupied one, two, or no bedrooms apartments. 70.02% of Maywood's dwellings are rentals.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Maywood's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 55.68% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Maywood include homes built before 1939 ( 24.28%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 16.08%). There's also some housing in Maywood built between 2000 and later ( 3.96%).
In the last 10 years, Maywood has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Maywood real estate appreciated 125.84% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.49%, putting Maywood in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Maywood 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 Maywood that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Maywood real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Maywood appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 11.53%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 92.57% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Maywood. Maywood appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.09%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 8.62%.
Relative to California, our data show that Maywood's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in California.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Maywood differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Maywood - 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 Maywood real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$772,527
for California
for nation
6,358
$2,331 / per month