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 52,838 people, 19,658 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $282,735, Normal real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Normal, accounting for 48.05% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Normal include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 35.63%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 7.87%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 6.37%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Normal are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 49.12% owning and 50.89% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Normal 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 Normal built between 2000 and later ( 27.71%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 16.69%). There's also some housing in Normal built before 1939 ( 4.09%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Normal. Fully 10.46% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Normal homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Normal real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Normal's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Normal during the period has been just 4.62%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Normal's appreciation rate, at 5.30%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Normal's appreciation rate has been 3.69%, which annualizes to a rate of 15.61%.
Importantly, this makes Normal one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the town's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Illinois, our data show that Normal's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Illinois.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Normal differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Normal - 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 Normal real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$282,735
for Illinois
for nation
19,658
$1,574 / per month