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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 3,844 people, 1,583 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $349,969, Shrewsbury real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Shrewsbury, accounting for 74.04% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Shrewsbury include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 15.67%), row houses and other attached homes ( 6.13%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.17%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Shrewsbury. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 72.75% of Shrewsbury's homes, and 64.37% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury built between 2000 and later ( 22.74%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 13.33%). There's also some housing in Shrewsbury built between 1940-1969 ( 10.87%).
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Shrewsbury, where house values have increased just 51.01%, which is annualized rate of 4.21%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Over the last year, Shrewsbury appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Shrewsbury's appreciation rate has been 1.53%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Shrewsbury were at 2.69%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 11.20%.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Shrewsbury's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$349,969
for Pennsylvania
for nation
1,583
$1,874 / per month