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 a population of 1,011, 426 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $148,310, house prices in Seneca are some of the most affordable in Pennsylvania as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Seneca, accounting for 81.22% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Seneca include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 10.33%), mobile homes or trailers ( 4.69%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 3.76%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Seneca. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 83.10% of Seneca's homes, and 61.27% 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. Seneca's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 35.21% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Seneca include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 31.69%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 20.19%). There's also some housing in Seneca built before 1939 ( 12.91%).
Seneca's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Seneca during the period has been just 5.21%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Seneca's appreciation rate, at 7.05%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Seneca's appreciation rate has been 2.01%, which annualizes to a rate of 8.30%.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Seneca's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 50% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$148,310
for Pennsylvania
for nation
426
$1,062 / per month