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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 9,192 people, 3,495 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $417,253, Perkasie real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Perkasie home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Perkasie, accounting for 48.97% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Perkasie include row houses and other attached homes ( 29.67%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 13.14%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 8.22%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Perkasie. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 69.56% of Perkasie's homes, and 67.89% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Perkasie built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Perkasie built before 1939 ( 30.77%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 19.80%). There's also some housing in Perkasie built between 2000 and later ( 8.41%).
Perkasie's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Perkasie during the period has been just 5.00%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Perkasie's appreciation rate, at 7.36%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Perkasie's appreciation rate has been 1.44%, which annualizes to a rate of 5.90%.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Perkasie's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the borough. Individual neighborhoods within Perkasie differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Perkasie - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Perkasie real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$417,253
for Pennsylvania
for nation
3,495
$2,122 / per month