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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.
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With 18,395 people, 7,115 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $229,568, house prices in Berea are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Berea, accounting for 74.73% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Berea include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 17.05%), row houses and other attached homes ( 4.73%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 3.22%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Berea are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 63.52% owning and 36.48% renting.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Berea's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 53.86% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Berea include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 19.49%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 15.16%). There's also some housing in Berea built between 2000 and later ( 11.49%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Berea have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 91.22%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Berea house appreciation rate of 6.70%.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Berea's appreciation rate, at 7.81%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Berea's appreciation rate has been 0.89%, which annualizes to a rate of 3.60%.
Relative to Ohio, our data show that Berea's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 50% of the other cities and towns in Ohio.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Berea differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Berea - 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 Berea real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$229,568
for Ohio
for nation
7,115
$1,773 / per month