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 8,759, 3,440 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $161,148, house prices in Park Hills are some of the most affordable in Missouri as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Park Hills, accounting for 66.42% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Park Hills include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 16.93%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 12.85%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 3.50%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Park Hills are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 60.80% owning and 39.20% renting.
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. Park Hills's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 39.13% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Park Hills include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 23.80%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 19.84%). There's also some housing in Park Hills built between 2000 and later ( 17.23%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Park Hills. Fully 12.82% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Park Hills homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Park Hills 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.
Real estate appreciation rates in Park Hills's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 6.38% during the period.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Park Hills's appreciation rate, at 6.09%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Park Hills's appreciation rate has been 5.38%, which annualizes to a rate of 23.34%.
Importantly, this makes Park Hills one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Missouri, our data show that Park Hills's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Missouri.
$161,148
for Missouri
for nation
3,440
$1,106 / per month