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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 4,820 people, 1,878 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $308,963, Littlestown 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 Littlestown, accounting for 55.78% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Littlestown include row houses and other attached homes ( 20.70%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 17.09%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 5.88%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Littlestown. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 70.39% of Littlestown's homes, and 58.84% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
The housing in Littlestown was primarily built before 1939 ( 32.21%), making the housing stock in Littlestown some of the oldest overall in America, although there is a range of ages of homes in Littlestown. The next most important housing age is between 1970-1999 ( 24.36%), followed by between 1940-1969 ( 23.42%). There's also some housing in Littlestown built between 2000 and later ( 20.01%).
Real estate appreciation rates in Littlestown's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 5.82% during the period.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Littlestown that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Littlestown real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Littlestown appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 9.21%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 82.26% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Littlestown. Littlestown appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 1.47%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 6.00%.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Littlestown's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$308,963
for Pennsylvania
for nation
1,878
$1,598 / per month