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 20,857 people, 8,051 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $456,685, Forest Lake real estate is some of the most expensive in Minnesota, although Forest Lake home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Forest Lake, accounting for 62.62% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Forest Lake include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 20.18%), row houses and other attached homes ( 13.03%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 2.16%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Forest Lake. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 72.68% of Forest Lake's homes, and 56.97% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Forest Lake 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 Forest Lake built between 2000 and later ( 33.59%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 15.29%). There's also some housing in Forest Lake built before 1939 ( 5.98%).
Real estate appreciation rates in Forest Lake's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 5.79% during the period.
Over the last year, Forest Lake appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Forest Lake's appreciation rate has been 0.94%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Forest Lake were at 2.27%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 9.37%.
Relative to Minnesota, our data show that Forest Lake's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Minnesota.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Forest Lake differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Forest Lake - 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 Forest Lake real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$456,685
for Minnesota
for nation
8,051
$2,181 / per month