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 7,721 people, 3,488 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $165,016, house prices in Princeton are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Princeton, accounting for 71.98% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Princeton include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 13.13%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 9.09%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 3.15%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Princeton. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 69.33% of Princeton's homes, and 57.89% 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. Princeton's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 37.47% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Princeton include homes built before 1939 ( 26.09%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 24.95%). There's also some housing in Princeton built between 2000 and later ( 11.48%).
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Princeton, where house values have increased just 47.52%, which is annualized rate of 3.96%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Princeton's appreciation rate, at 7.29%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Princeton's appreciation rate has been 1.42%, which annualizes to a rate of 5.82%.
Relative to Illinois, our data show that Princeton's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Illinois.
$165,016
for Illinois
for nation
3,488
$1,186 / per month