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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 3,565 people, 1,432 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $122,945, house prices in Nowata are some of the most affordable in Oklahoma as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Nowata, accounting for 73.70% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Nowata include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 13.15%), mobile homes or trailers ( 8.63%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 4.52%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Nowata are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 52.45% owning and 47.55% renting.
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. Nowata's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 37.45% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Nowata include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 32.08%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 16.70%). There's also some housing in Nowata built between 2000 and later ( 13.78%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Nowata. Fully 18.12% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Nowata homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Nowata 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.
Nowata's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Nowata during the period has been just 4.68%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Nowata that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Nowata real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Nowata appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.46%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 75.18% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Nowata. Nowata appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 3.30%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 13.85%.
Importantly, this makes Nowata 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 Oklahoma, our data show that Nowata's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 50% of the other cities and towns in Oklahoma.
$122,945
for Oklahoma
for nation
1,432
$1,135 / per month