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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 11,859, 4,530 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $276,249, Weatherford real estate is some of the most expensive in Oklahoma, although Weatherford home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Weatherford, accounting for 53.95% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Weatherford include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 24.01%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 10.06%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 9.13%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Weatherford are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 43.82% owning and 56.18% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Weatherford 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 Weatherford built between 2000 and later ( 25.13%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 19.45%). There's also some housing in Weatherford built before 1939 ( 4.03%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Weatherford. Fully 13.88% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Weatherford homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Weatherford 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 Weatherford, where house values have increased just 31.71%, which is annualized rate of 2.79%. 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, Weatherford's appreciation rate, at 6.02%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Weatherford's appreciation rate has been 3.30%, which annualizes to a rate of 13.85%.
Importantly, this makes Weatherford 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 Oklahoma, our data show that Weatherford's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Oklahoma.
$276,249
for Oklahoma
for nation
4,530
$1,173 / per month