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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 1,676 people, 744 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $258,930, Greenwich real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Greenwich, accounting for 63.45% of the village's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Greenwich include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 32.06%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 2.69%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 1.79%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Greenwich are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The village has a mixture of owners and renters, with 61.66% owning and 38.34% renting.
The housing in Greenwich was primarily built before 1939 ( 78.03%), making the housing stock in Greenwich some of the oldest overall in America, although there is a range of ages of homes in Greenwich. The next most important housing age is between 1940-1969 ( 15.70%), followed by between 1970-1999 ( 5.16%). There's also some housing in Greenwich built between 2000 and later ( 1.12%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Greenwich. Fully 16.59% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Greenwich homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Greenwich 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.
Greenwich's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Greenwich during the period has been just 4.62%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Greenwich appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Greenwich's appreciation rate has been 3.53%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Greenwich were at -7.43%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -26.57%.
Notably, Greenwich's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to New York, our data show that Greenwich's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in New York.
$258,930
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