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 5,075 people, 2,236 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $223,868, house prices in Penn Yan are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Penn Yan, accounting for 56.63% of the village's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Penn Yan include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 26.24%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 15.57%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 1.14%).
People in Penn Yan primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Penn Yan has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
The housing in Penn Yan was primarily built before 1939 ( 48.08%), making the housing stock in Penn Yan some of the oldest overall in America, although there is a range of ages of homes in Penn Yan. The next most important housing age is between 1940-1969 ( 25.02%), followed by between 1970-1999 ( 20.71%). There's also some housing in Penn Yan built between 2000 and later ( 6.20%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Penn Yan. Fully 12.31% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Penn Yan homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Penn Yan 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.
Real estate appreciation rates in Penn Yan's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 5.88% during the period.
Over the last year, Penn Yan appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Penn Yan's appreciation rate has been 4.03%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Penn Yan were at 5.43%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 23.57%.
Importantly, this makes Penn Yan one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the village's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to New York, our data show that Penn Yan's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in New York.
$223,868
for New york
for nation
2,236
$1,104 / per month