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 8,161 people, 2,620 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $395,710, Cheltenham real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Cheltenham, accounting for 69.36% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Cheltenham include row houses and other attached homes ( 16.87%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 8.96%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 4.81%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Cheltenham. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 83.78% of Cheltenham's homes, and 72.77% 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. Cheltenham's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 64.15% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Cheltenham include homes built before 1939 ( 24.86%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 8.56%). There's also some housing in Cheltenham built between 2000 and later ( 2.42%).
Real estate appreciation rates in Cheltenham's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 6.01% during the period.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Cheltenham's appreciation rate, at 7.27%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Cheltenham's appreciation rate has been 1.44%, which annualizes to a rate of 5.90%.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Cheltenham's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$395,710
for Pennsylvania
for nation
2,620
$2,127 / per month