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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 14,338 people, 5,060 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $212,921, house prices in Jasper are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Jasper, accounting for 71.70% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Jasper include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 10.96%), mobile homes or trailers ( 9.06%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 6.27%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Jasper are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 62.28% owning and 37.72% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Jasper 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 Jasper built between 1940-1969 ( 25.68%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 14.18%). There's also some housing in Jasper built before 1939 ( 9.69%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Jasper. Fully 13.37% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Jasper homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Jasper real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Jasper's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Jasper during the period has been just 5.22%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Jasper appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Jasper's appreciation rate has been 1.78%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Jasper were at -1.79%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -6.98%.
Notably, Jasper's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Alabama, our data show that Jasper's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Alabama.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Jasper differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Jasper - 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 Jasper real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$212,921
for Alabama
for nation
5,060
$1,362 / per month