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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 25,231, 8,952 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $216,843, house prices in Barstow are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Barstow, accounting for 57.35% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Barstow include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 16.29%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 12.50%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 10.64%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Barstow are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 42.52% owning and 57.48% 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. Barstow's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 44.20% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Barstow include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 44.09%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 8.72%). There's also some housing in Barstow built before 1939 ( 3.00%).
In the last 10 years, Barstow has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Barstow real estate appreciated 186.54% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 11.10%, putting Barstow in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Barstow definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Barstow that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Barstow real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Barstow appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 9.61%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 85.10% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Barstow. Barstow appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.37%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 9.83%.
Relative to California, our data show that Barstow's latest annual appreciation rate is higher 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 Barstow differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Barstow - 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 Barstow real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$216,843
for California
for nation
8,952
$1,848 / per month