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 3,375, 1,126 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $175,667, the cost of homes in Farmerville is among some of the lowest in the nation. Compared to Louisiana, however, Farmerville real state is not on the lower end of the price spectrum.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Farmerville, accounting for 47.58% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Farmerville include mobile homes or trailers ( 32.56%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 11.48%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 8.38%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Farmerville are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 35.95% owning and 64.05% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Farmerville 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 Farmerville built between 2000 and later ( 22.45%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 20.65%). There's also some housing in Farmerville built before 1939 ( 1.44%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Farmerville. Fully 18.70% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Farmerville homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Farmerville 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.
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Farmerville, where house values have increased just 40.14%, which is annualized rate of 3.43%. 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, Farmerville's appreciation rate, at 3.38%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Farmerville's appreciation rate has been -3.02%, which annualizes to a rate of -11.56%.
Notably, Farmerville's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Louisiana, our data show that Farmerville's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Louisiana.
$175,667
for Louisiana
for nation
1,126
$1,173 / per month