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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 19,331, 8,974 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $395,239, Seminole real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Large apartment complexes or high rise apartments are the single most common housing type in Seminole, accounting for 39.25% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Seminole include single-family detached homes ( 38.28%), mobile homes or trailers ( 13.11%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 5.52%). This particular housing mix is relatively uncommon and characteristic of cities that are compact and walkable, and which often have a lively downtown.
Dwellings in Seminole tend to be quite small (one, two, or no bedrooms) and owner occupied. In fact, 65.09% of the homes in Seminole have two or fewer bedrooms.
There is a lot of housing in Seminole 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 Seminole built between 1940-1969 ( 25.10%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 18.84%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Seminole. Fully 18.38% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Seminole homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Seminole 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, Seminole has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Seminole real estate appreciated 168.11% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 10.37%, putting Seminole in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Seminole definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Seminole's appreciation rate, at 7.71%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Seminole's appreciation rate has been 0.30%, which annualizes to a rate of 1.19%.
Notably, Seminole's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Florida, our data show that Seminole's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Florida.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Seminole differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Seminole - 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 Seminole real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$395,239
for Florida
for nation
8,974
$3,013 / per month