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 a population of 7,236, 3,156 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $264,517, Scotia 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 Scotia, accounting for 60.67% of the village's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Scotia include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 18.62%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 13.80%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 5.47%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Scotia. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 72.23% of Scotia's homes, and 63.12% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
The housing in Scotia was primarily built before 1939 ( 50.85%), making the housing stock in Scotia some of the oldest overall in America, although there is a range of ages of homes in Scotia. The next most important housing age is between 1940-1969 ( 21.67%), followed by between 1970-1999 ( 18.85%). There's also some housing in Scotia built between 2000 and later ( 8.63%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Scotia. Fully 10.95% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Scotia homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Scotia 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.
Scotia's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Scotia during the period has been just 5.29%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Over the last year, Scotia appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Scotia's appreciation rate has been 5.27%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Scotia were at -0.27%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -1.07%.
Notably, Scotia's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to New York, our data show that Scotia's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in New York.
$264,517
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3,156
$1,623 / per month