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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 3,835, 2,046 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $263,857, Irwin real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Irwin, accounting for 50.52% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Irwin include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 28.14%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 16.01%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 5.34%).
People in Irwin primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Irwin has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
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. Irwin's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 38.02% of the borough's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Irwin include homes built before 1939 ( 35.16%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 24.34%). There's also some housing in Irwin built between 2000 and later ( 2.48%).
Irwin's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Irwin during the period has been just 5.14%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Irwin appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Irwin's appreciation rate has been 3.65%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Irwin were at 1.11%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 4.51%.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Irwin's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the borough. Individual neighborhoods within Irwin differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Irwin - 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 Irwin real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$263,857
for Pennsylvania
for nation
2,046
$1,321 / per month