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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 a population of 10,893, 4,656 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $210,103, house prices in Madison Heights are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Madison Heights, accounting for 77.87% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Madison Heights include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 10.41%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 5.16%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 4.81%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Madison Heights. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 69.50% of Madison Heights's homes, and 66.97% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Madison Heights built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Madison Heights built between 1940-1969 ( 39.13%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 10.05%). There's also some housing in Madison Heights built before 1939 ( 8.76%).
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Madison Heights, where house values have increased just 55.76%, which is annualized rate of 4.53%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Over the last year, Madison Heights appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Madison Heights's appreciation rate has been 0.30%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Madison Heights were at 4.77%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 20.50%.
Importantly, this makes Madison Heights one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the town's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Virginia, our data show that Madison Heights's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in Virginia.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Madison Heights differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Madison Heights - 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 Madison Heights real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$210,103
for Virginia
for nation
4,656
$1,229 / per month