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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 3,496 people, 1,388 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $98,888, house prices in Northern Cambria are some of the most affordable in Pennsylvania as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Northern Cambria, accounting for 74.97% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Northern Cambria include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 9.86%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 7.88%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 4.99%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Northern Cambria. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 69.36% of Northern Cambria's homes, and 63.99% 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. Northern Cambria's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 45.20% of the borough's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Northern Cambria include homes built before 1939 ( 29.70%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 23.46%). There's also some housing in Northern Cambria built between 2000 and later ( 1.64%).
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Northern Cambria, where house values have increased just 43.22%, which is annualized rate of 3.66%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Over the last year, Northern Cambria appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Northern Cambria's appreciation rate has been -2.26%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Northern Cambria were at -0.69%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -2.73%.
Notably, Northern Cambria's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Northern Cambria's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$98,888
for Pennsylvania
for nation
1,388
$903 / per month