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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.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With a population of 8,284, 3,631 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $286,497, Brookhaven 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 Brookhaven, accounting for 57.64% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Brookhaven include row houses and other attached homes ( 19.57%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 18.50%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.28%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Brookhaven. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 86.40% of Brookhaven's homes, and 60.99% 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. Brookhaven's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 54.46% of the borough's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Brookhaven include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 38.34%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 5.19%). There's also some housing in Brookhaven built before 1939 ( 2.01%).
Brookhaven's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Brookhaven during the period has been just 5.56%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Over the last year, Brookhaven appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Brookhaven's appreciation rate has been 4.64%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Brookhaven were at 1.44%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 5.90%.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Brookhaven's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$286,497
for Pennsylvania
for nation
3,631
$2,780 / per month