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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 a population of 26,662, 10,727 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $273,153, Plum 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 Plum, accounting for 79.52% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Plum include row houses and other attached homes ( 8.56%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 8.22%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 2.65%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Plum. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 81.51% of Plum's homes, and 70.77% 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. Plum's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 39.94% of the borough's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Plum include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 38.50%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 14.26%). There's also some housing in Plum built before 1939 ( 7.30%).
Plum's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Plum during the period has been just 5.55%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Over the last year, Plum appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Plum's appreciation rate has been 3.74%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Plum were at 1.11%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 4.51%.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Plum's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% 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 Plum differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Plum - 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 Plum real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$273,153
for Pennsylvania
for nation
10,727
$1,698 / per month