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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 66,684 people, 19,207 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $602,058, real estate costs in St. Johns are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive Florida communities.
St. Johns is a town of large, single-family homes. In fact, there is a higher proportion of four, five or more bedroom homes in St. Johns than is found in 98% of the communities in America.
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in St. Johns. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 89.74% of St. Johns's homes, and 74.14% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
St. Johns homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 68.01% of St. Johns'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 St. Johns real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 30.48%), and between 1940-1969 ( 1.32%).
In the last 10 years, St. Johns has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. St. Johns real estate appreciated 116.74% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.04%, putting St. Johns in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, St. Johns 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, St. Johns appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, St. Johns's appreciation rate has been 2.89%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in St. Johns were at 2.13%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 8.81%.
Relative to Florida, our data show that St. Johns's latest annual appreciation rate is lower 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 town. Individual neighborhoods within St. Johns differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in St. Johns - 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 St. Johns real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$602,058
for Florida
for nation
19,207
$4,043 / per month