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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 a population of 18,064, 7,382 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $153,534, house prices in Steubenville are some of the most affordable in Ohio as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Steubenville, accounting for 69.05% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Steubenville include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 14.86%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 14.22%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 1.72%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Steubenville are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 49.37% owning and 50.63% 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. Steubenville's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 52.39% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Steubenville include homes built before 1939 ( 26.63%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 17.90%). There's also some housing in Steubenville built between 2000 and later ( 3.08%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Steubenville. Fully 16.64% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Steubenville homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Steubenville 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.
Appreciation rates for homes in Steubenville have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 99.44%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Steubenville house appreciation rate of 7.15%.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Steubenville that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Steubenville real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Steubenville appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 20.15%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 99.53% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Steubenville. Steubenville appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 17.42%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 90.07%.
Importantly, this makes Steubenville 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 Ohio, our data show that Steubenville's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in Ohio.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Steubenville differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Steubenville - 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 Steubenville real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$153,534
for Ohio
for nation
7,382
$1,299 / per month