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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 53,653 people, 21,291 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $352,872, Pinellas Park real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Pinellas Park, accounting for 54.32% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Pinellas Park include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 16.75%), mobile homes or trailers ( 15.08%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 7.22%).
Dwellings in Pinellas Park tend to be quite small (one, two, or no bedrooms) and owner occupied. In fact, 60.59% of the homes in Pinellas Park have two or fewer bedrooms.
There is a lot of housing in Pinellas Park 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 Pinellas Park built between 1940-1969 ( 25.10%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 13.75%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Pinellas Park. Fully 14.80% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Pinellas Park homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Pinellas Park 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.
In the last 10 years, Pinellas Park has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Pinellas Park real estate appreciated 221.10% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 12.37%, putting Pinellas Park in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Pinellas Park definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Pinellas Park that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Pinellas Park real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Pinellas Park appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 12.26%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 74.12% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Pinellas Park. Pinellas Park appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 4.05%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 17.21%.
Relative to Florida, our data show that Pinellas Park's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Florida.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Pinellas Park differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Pinellas Park - 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 Pinellas Park real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$352,872
for Florida
for nation
21,291
$2,550 / per month