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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 4,268 people, 1,522 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $273,028, Benson 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 Benson, accounting for 61.81% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Benson include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 13.63%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 13.53%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 8.58%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Benson are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 46.25% owning and 53.75% renting.
Benson homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 31.40% of Benson's housing was built since 2000, making the town have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the Benson real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 26.78%), and between 1940-1969 ( 23.79%). There's also some housing in Benson built before 1939 ( 18.03%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Benson. Fully 17.33% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Benson homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Benson 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.
In the last 10 years, Benson has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Benson real estate appreciated 131.25% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.74%, putting Benson in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Benson 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 Benson that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Benson real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Benson appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.01%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 70.26% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Benson. Benson appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 1.24%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 5.07%.
Relative to North Carolina, our data show that Benson's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in North Carolina.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Benson differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Benson - 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 Benson real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$273,028
for North carolina
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1,522
$1,810 / per month