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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.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 17,085 people, 6,325 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $719,406, Kings Park house prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, Kings Park real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Kings Park, accounting for 79.68% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Kings Park include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 8.69%), row houses and other attached homes ( 6.34%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.30%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Kings Park. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 82.17% of Kings Park's homes, and 71.84% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
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. Kings Park's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 57.68% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Kings Park include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 32.86%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 5.52%). There's also some housing in Kings Park built before 1939 ( 3.93%).
Kings Park's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Kings Park during the period has been just 5.21%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Kings Park that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Kings Park real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Kings Park appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 9.11%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 81.57% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Kings Park. Kings Park appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.82%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 11.77%.
Relative to New York, our data show that Kings Park's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in New York.
$719,406
for New york
for nation
6,325
$3,489 / per month