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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 5,828 people, 2,278 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $196,138, house prices in Pontoon Beach are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Pontoon Beach, accounting for 59.07% of the village's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Pontoon Beach include mobile homes or trailers ( 22.58%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 9.87%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 7.99%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Pontoon Beach. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 66.53% of Pontoon Beach's homes, and 70.66% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Pontoon Beach 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 Pontoon Beach built between 2000 and later ( 26.94%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 20.62%). There's also some housing in Pontoon Beach built before 1939 ( 5.12%).
Pontoon Beach's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Pontoon Beach during the period has been just 5.70%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Over the last year, Pontoon Beach appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Pontoon Beach's appreciation rate has been 4.31%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Pontoon Beach were at 1.09%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 4.45%.
Relative to Illinois, our data show that Pontoon Beach's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Illinois.
$196,138
for Illinois
for nation
2,278
$1,567 / per month