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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 9,284 people, 4,183 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $271,307, Hernando real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Hernando, accounting for 50.05% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Hernando include mobile homes or trailers ( 46.27%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 1.36%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 1.20%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Hernando. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 85.35% of Hernando's homes, and 55.51% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Hernando 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 Hernando built between 2000 and later ( 18.53%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 12.00%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Hernando. Fully 24.96% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Hernando homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Hernando 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.
In the last 10 years, Hernando has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Hernando real estate appreciated 154.43% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 9.79%, putting Hernando in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Hernando definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Over the last year, Hernando appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Hernando's appreciation rate has been -1.17%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Hernando were at -2.98%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -11.38%.
Notably, Hernando's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Florida, our data show that Hernando's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Florida.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Hernando differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Hernando - 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 Hernando real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$271,307
for Florida
for nation
4,183
$1,680 / per month