Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
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 6,690 people, 2,855 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $1,186,068, Osprey house prices are not only among the most expensive in Florida, Osprey real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Osprey, accounting for 69.70% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Osprey include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 12.41%), mobile homes or trailers ( 6.57%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.71%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Osprey. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 87.67% of Osprey's homes, and 66.73% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
Osprey homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 51.47% of Osprey's housing was built since 2000, making the town have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the Osprey real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 42.63%), and between 1940-1969 ( 5.90%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Osprey. Fully 20.91% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Osprey homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Osprey 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.
In the last 10 years, Osprey has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Osprey real estate appreciated 190.93% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 11.27%, putting Osprey in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Osprey definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Over the last year, Osprey appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Osprey's appreciation rate has been 2.67%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Osprey were at -1.60%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -6.26%.
Notably, Osprey's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Florida, our data show that Osprey's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Florida.
$1,186,068
for Florida
for nation
2,855
$4,003 / per month