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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 12,616 people, 5,460 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $209,704, house prices in Wickliffe are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Wickliffe, accounting for 87.89% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Wickliffe include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 7.59%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 3.04%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 1.31%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Wickliffe. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 74.67% of Wickliffe's homes, and 75.18% 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. Wickliffe's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 74.34% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Wickliffe include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 10.61%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 9.91%). There's also some housing in Wickliffe built between 2000 and later ( 5.13%).
Wickliffe's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Wickliffe during the period has been just 5.22%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Wickliffe that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Wickliffe real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Wickliffe appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 10.40%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 88.23% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Wickliffe. Wickliffe appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 5.19%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 22.46%.
Importantly, this makes Wickliffe one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Ohio, our data show that Wickliffe's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Ohio.
$209,704
for Ohio
for nation
5,460
$2,029 / per month