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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.
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With a population of 3,860, 1,773 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $202,173, house prices in Northumberland are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Northumberland, accounting for 60.68% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Northumberland include row houses and other attached homes ( 14.96%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 14.34%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 9.39%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Northumberland. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 67.82% of Northumberland's homes, and 58.77% 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. Northumberland's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 39.63% of the borough's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Northumberland include homes built before 1939 ( 36.43%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 21.21%). There's also some housing in Northumberland built between 2000 and later ( 2.73%).
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Northumberland, where house values have increased just 46.62%, which is annualized rate of 3.90%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Over the last year, Northumberland appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Northumberland's appreciation rate has been 4.24%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Northumberland were at 2.01%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 8.30%.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Northumberland's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$202,173
for Pennsylvania
for nation
1,773
$1,322 / per month