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 6,922 people, 2,684 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $271,672, Rootstown 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 Rootstown, accounting for 84.61% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Rootstown include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.63%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 5.41%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 3.29%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Rootstown. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 85.81% of Rootstown's homes, and 73.56% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
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. Rootstown's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 32.23% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Rootstown include homes built between 2000 and later ( 27.89%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 27.75%). There's also some housing in Rootstown built before 1939 ( 12.13%).
Rootstown's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Rootstown during the period has been just 5.47%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Rootstown's appreciation rate, at 6.98%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Rootstown's appreciation rate has been 1.45%, which annualizes to a rate of 5.93%.
Relative to Ohio, our data show that Rootstown's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 50% of the other cities and towns in Ohio.
$271,672
for Ohio
for nation
2,684
$1,372 / per month