Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
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 103,621 people, 35,773 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $831,739, real estate costs in Inglewood are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive California communities.
Large apartment complexes or high rise apartments are the single most common housing type in Inglewood, accounting for 42.30% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Inglewood include single-family detached homes ( 35.73%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 14.94%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 6.63%). Cities that are predominantly high-density buildings are relatively uncommon in the US. Because of the density, these types of cities are often walkable and compact, and often have a lively downtown.
Inglewood is dominated by renter-occupied one, two, or no bedrooms apartments. 65.40% of Inglewood's dwellings are rentals.
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. Inglewood's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 51.09% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Inglewood include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 27.42%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 16.19%). There's also some housing in Inglewood built between 2000 and later ( 5.30%).
In the last 10 years, Inglewood has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Inglewood real estate appreciated 133.24% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.84%, putting Inglewood in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Inglewood definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Inglewood's appreciation rate, at 5.63%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Inglewood's appreciation rate has been 2.09%, which annualizes to a rate of 8.62%.
Relative to California, our data show that Inglewood's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 50% of the other cities and towns in California.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Inglewood differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Inglewood - 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 Inglewood real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$831,739
for California
for nation
35,773
$2,765 / per month