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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 18,555, 7,496 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $625,416, real estate costs in Arcata are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive California communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Arcata, accounting for 46.56% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Arcata include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 23.92%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 17.73%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 5.99%).
Arcata is dominated by renter-occupied one, two, or no bedrooms apartments. 69.65% of Arcata's dwellings are rentals.
There is a lot of housing in Arcata 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 Arcata built between 1940-1969 ( 33.37%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 16.25%). There's also some housing in Arcata built before 1939 ( 8.06%).
Arcata's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Arcata during the period has been just 5.62%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Over the last year, Arcata appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Arcata's appreciation rate has been 0.41%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Arcata were at 0.00%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 0.00%.
Notably, Arcata's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to California, our data show that Arcata's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in California.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Arcata differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Arcata - 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 Arcata real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$625,416
for California
for nation
7,496
$1,800 / per month