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 16,600, 5,993 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $394,552, Aston real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Aston, accounting for 72.48% of the township's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Aston include row houses and other attached homes ( 15.65%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 4.11%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.04%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Aston. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 83.17% of Aston's homes, and 74.35% 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. Aston's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 47.73% of the township's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Aston include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 37.17%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 9.53%). There's also some housing in Aston built before 1939 ( 5.57%).
Aston's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Aston during the period has been just 5.52%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Aston's appreciation rate, at 7.83%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Aston's appreciation rate has been 1.44%, which annualizes to a rate of 5.90%.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Aston's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$394,552
for Pennsylvania
for nation
5,993
$2,977 / per month