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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 a population of 13,053, 5,658 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $177,925, house prices in Las Vegas are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Las Vegas, accounting for 51.73% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Las Vegas include mobile homes or trailers ( 21.62%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 12.22%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 10.68%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Las Vegas are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 53.22% owning and 46.78% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas built between 1940-1969 ( 27.47%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 19.66%). There's also some housing in Las Vegas built between 2000 and later ( 9.75%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Las Vegas. Fully 16.43% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Las Vegas homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Las Vegas 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.
Las Vegas's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Las Vegas during the period has been just 4.97%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Las Vegas's appreciation rate, at 7.71%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Las Vegas's appreciation rate has been 3.18%, which annualizes to a rate of 13.34%.
Importantly, this makes Las Vegas 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 New Mexico, our data show that Las Vegas's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in New Mexico.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Las Vegas differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Las Vegas - 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 Las Vegas real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
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